Date and place of birth: February 21, 1953, Cherkasy, Ukraine

Education: higher, Faculty of International Relations and International Law of the T.G.Shevchenko Kyiv State University

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1975 – 1976 – interpreter at the construction of metallurgical works in Karachi, Pakistan

1976 – 1979 – Attaché, Third Secretary of the Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

1979 – 1983 – Attaché at the Permanent Mission of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to UN

1983 – 1985 – Second Secretary of the Press Department, Second Secretary of the Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

1985 – 1988 – First Secretary of the Secretariat General, First Secretary of the Office of Principal Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

1988 – 1992 – First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the USSR to UN

1992 – 1994 – Advisor, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UN, Acting Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UN

1994 – 1995 – Chief of the Department of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

1995 – 1998 – Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Chairman of the National Commission of Ukraine on UNESCO Affairs

1996 – 1998 – Representative of Ukraine to the UNESCO Executive Council

1998 – 2000 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Canada, Representative of Ukraine to the International Civil Aviation Organization

2000 – 2002 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

2000 – 2005 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO (with residence in Belgium)

October 2005 – January 2006 – Director of the Department for NATO

January 2006 – July 2007 – Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

From July 2007 – First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Foreign languages: Russian, English, French

Married, with son and daughter