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Colonel Roman Serhiyovych Hryschenko (Ukrainian: Роман Сергійович Грищенко; born on 17 January 1982), is a Ukrainian politician and army officer who had served as the 15th Governor of Sumy Oblast in 2020.
He is now the commander of the 127th separate brigade of territorial defense of Ukraine. He is awarded the Knight of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III degree in 2022.
Biography
Roman Hryshchenko was born on 17 January 1982 in Katerynka, Pervomaysky district, Mykolaiv Oblast.
In 2005, he graduated from the National Law Academy of Ukraine named after Yaroslav the Wise in Kharkiv, majoring in law.
From 2005 to 2007, he worked as an investigator of the military prosecutor's office of the Mykolaiv Garrison of the Southern Region of Ukraine in Mykolaiv.
From 2010 to 2019, he worked in the bodies of the military prosecutor's office of the Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Kryvorizk, Kyiv, and Kharkiv garrisons.
On 29 January 2020, the Cabinet of Ministers supported Hryshchenko's appointment as the to the post of Chairman of the Sumy Regional State Administration.
On 11 March 2020, Hryschenko became the 15th governor of Sumy Oblast.
On 5 November, he was replaced by Serhiy Pakholchuk as the acting governor of the region.
He is now an army officer of the military management of the tactical level, as he is part of the hostilities in the ATO area.
From the beginning of the Russian large-scale invasion, he served in the 112th separate brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces as a gunner-operator, where he participated in the defense of the city of Kyiv. On 4 March 2022, he was assigned to the city of Kharkiv and headed the new 127th separate brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces.
On 24 May 2022, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi (III degree) for personal courage and selfless actions shown in the defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and loyalty to the military oath.
His call sign is "Uncle Roma".
