Liudmyla Shuhalei

Liudmyla Mykolaivna Shuhalei (; born 21 March 1965) is a Ukrainian major general currently serving as director of the Military Medical Department of the Security Service of Ukraine. She is Ukraine's first military female general and second female general overall (after of the Militsiya), having been appointed in 2018.

Biography Liudmyla Mykolaivna Shuhalei was born on 21 March 1965 in the city of Chernihiv, in northern Ukraine (though other sources have incorrectly described her as being from Kyiv). She graduated From Kyiv Medical University (now Bogomolets National Medical University) and worked in the civilian sector before joining the Security Service of Ukraine as a therapist in 1995. Prior to 2014, she was deputy director of the Military Medical Department of the Security Service of Ukraine. At the time, she held the rank of colonel.

Shuhalei was an active participant in Euromaidan, providing medical assistance to protesters injured by security forces. Following the protests, she became director of the Military Medical Department.

On 12 October 2018, Shuhalei was promoted to the rank of major general by decree of Petro Poroshenko, making her the first female military general and the second female general overall in Ukraine's history, after of the Militsiya.

Shuhalei continues to be head of the Military Medical Department of the Security Service of Ukraine.