Date and Place of Birth:

May 19, 1956, Kyiv, Ukraine

Nationality:

Ukraine

Education:

1973-1978 – Kyiv National University named after T.Shevchenko (Department of International Relations and International Law)

Marital status:

Married

Foreign languages:

English, Russian (fluent)

August 2004-2008 (January )

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Norway

May-August 2004

Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

2001-2004

Director, Department for UN and other International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

1998-2001

Vice-President for International Relations, Foundation for Local Self-Government under the President of Ukraine

1997-1998

Acting Head, Deputy Head, Department of European and Trans-atlantic Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

1994-1997

Chargé d’affaires a.i. ofUkraine in Sweden, Stockholm;

Counsellor, Embassy of Ukraine in Finland

1993-1994

Head, Division for Nordic and Baltic States, Second Territorial Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

1992-1993

First Secretary, Assistant to First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

1991-1992

Second Secretary, Secretariat of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

1988-1990

Third Secretary, Secretariat of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

1987-1988

Third Secretary, Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine

1982-1987

Junior scientific researcher, Senior laboratory assistant, Kyiv Trade and Economy Institute, Ukraine

1978-1981

Member of the staff, Office of the Counsellor for Economic Affairs, Embassy of USSR in Ethiopia, Addis-Ababa