[1] He is now the head of the National Defense University of Ukraine named after Ivan Chernyakhovsky since 2017.

Anatoliy Syrotenko was born on 4 March 1960 in the village of Natalyne in Kharkiv Oblast.

From November 2003 to August 2007, he headed the Kharkiv Guards Institute of Tank Troops named after the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

In April 2016, he was appointed to the position of head of the Main Department of Defense and Mobilization Planning of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

[5] As of August 2017, he has been the head of the National Defense University of Ukraine named after Ivan Chernyakhovsky.