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 Date and place of birth: 1 April 1956 in Kyiv
1978 – graduated from Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University, degree in international relations, and translation from German.
Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in 1978:
1978-1980 - Attaché of the press department of the MFA of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
1980-1981 - Third secretary of the press department of the MFA of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
1981-1983 - Military service
1983-1985 - Third secretary of the press department of the MFA of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
1985-1988 - Second secretary of the press department of the MFA of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
1988-1991 - First secretary of the Principal Counselor’s Department of the MFA of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
June 1991 - July 1991 - Counselor of the Principal Counselor’s Department of the MFA of Ukraine
July 1991 - March 1992 - Counselor of the Department for political analysis and coordination of the MFA of Ukraine
1992-1993 - Counselor in the Embassy of Ukraine in the Federal Republic of Germany
1993-1994 - Minister of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Austria
1994-1996 - Counselor of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Federal Republic of Germany
1996-1999 - Head of the Foreign Policy Department, head of the Main Department of the Foreign Policy of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine
1999-2004 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Austrian Republic and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the international organizations in Vienna
2004-2005 - Ambassador-at-large in the Department of the Euro-Atlantic Cooperation of the MFA of Ukraine
February 2005 – December 2007 - First Deputy Minister
Since December 18, 2007- Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Ph.D. in history.
Certificate of honor of the MFA of Ukraine (2001).
Diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine (1996).
Knowledge of German and English languages.
Married with a son and two daughters.
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