Ambassadors of Ukraine are persons appointed by the president to serve as Ukraine's diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large.
Ambassadors are the highest-ranking diplomats of Ukraine and are usually based at the embassy in the host country. They are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and answer directly to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; however, ambassadors serve "at the pleasure of the President", meaning they can be dismissed at any time. Appointments change regularly for various reasons, such as reassignment or retirement.
Current ambassadors of Ukraine
editNote that the information in this list is subject to change due to regular personnel changes resulting from dismissals, retirements, and reassignments.
| Region[a] | Host country | Concurrent accreditation [citation needed] |
Start of bilateral relations[b] |
Ambassador name (in Ukrainian)[c] |
Title[d] | Start of term[e] | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa |  Algeria
|
20 August 1992[f] | Oleksandr Kompaniyets (Олександр Компанієць) |
Chargé d'Affaires | 2022 | REF | |
| Africa |  Angola
|
— | 30 September 1994[g] | Andrii Chornopytskyi (Андрій Чорнописький) |
Chargé d'Affaires | 2020 | REF |
| Africa |  Egypt
|
25 January 1992 | Mykola Nahornyi (Микола Нагорний) |
Ambassador | 9 March 2022 | REF | |
| Africa |  Ethiopia
|
— | 1 April 1993[h] | Oleksandr Zub (Олександр Зуб) |
Chargé d'Affaires | 1 May 2021 | REF |
| Africa |  Kenya
|
5 May 1993 | Andrii Pravednyk (Андрій Праведник) |
Ambassador | 21 September 2018 | REF | |
| Africa |  Tunisia
|
Countries: |
17 March 1992 | Volodymyr Khomanets (Володимир Хоманець) |
Ambassador | 22 September 2020 | REF |
| Africa |  Morocco
|
Countries: |
22 June 1992 | Serhii Saienko (Сергій Саєнко) |
Ambassador | 14 December 2022 | REF |
| Africa |  Nigeria
|
Countries: |
10 December 1992 | Ivan Kholostenko (Іван Холостенко) |
Ambassador | 26 December 2022 | REF |
| Africa |  Senegal
|
Countries: |
25 November 1992 | Yurii Pyvovarov (Юрій Пивоваров) |
Ambassador | 28 April 2021 | REF |
| Africa |  South Africa
|
Countries: |
16 March 1992 | Liubov Abravitova (Любов Абравітова) |
Ambassador | 14 April 2020 | REF |
| South America |  Argentina
|
6 January 1992 | Yuriy Klymenko (Юрій Клименко) |
Ambassador | 21 February 2023 | REF | |
| South America |  Brazil
|
11 February 1992 | Andrii Melnyk (Андрій Мельник) |
Ambassador | 20 June 2023 | REF | |
| South America |  Peru
|
7 May 1992 | Yuriy Polyukhovych (Юрій Полюхович) |
Ambassador | 23 December 2022 | REF | |
| North America |  Canada
|
— | 27 January 1992 | Yuliya Kovaliv (Юлія Ковалів) |
Ambassador | 29 March 2022 | REF |
| North America |  Cuba
|
Countries: |
12 March 1992 | Iryna Kostyuk (Ірина Костюк) |
Ambassador | 4 May 2022 | REF |
| North America |  Mexico
|
Countries: |
14 January 1992 | Oksana Dramaretska (Оксана Драмарецька) |
Ambassador | 12 August 2020 | REF |
| North America |  United States
|
21 January 1992 | Oksana Markarova (Оксана Маркарова) |
Ambassador | 25 February 2021 | REF | |
| Oceania |  Australia
|
Countries: |
10 January 1992 | Vasyl Myroshnychenko (Василь Мирошниченко) |
Ambassador | 1 April 2022 | REF |
| Asia |  China
|
Countries: |
4 January 1992 | Pavlo Riabikin (Павло Рябікін) |
Ambassador | June 2023 | REF |
| Asia |  India
|
Countries: |
17 January 1992 | Oleksandr Polishchuk (Олександр Поліщук) |
Ambassador | 20 June 2023 | REF |
| Asia |  Indonesia
|
Countries: |
11 June 1992 | Vasyl Hamianin (Василь Гамянін) |
Ambassador | 30 July 2021 | REF |
| Asia |  Iraq
|
— | 16 December 1992 | Oleksandr Buravchenkov (Олександр Буравченков) |
Temporary Plenipotentiary | January 2019 | REF |
| Asia |  Israel
|
— | 26 December 1991 | Yevhen Korniychuk (Євген Корнійчук) |
Ambassador | October 2020 | REF |
| Asia |  Japan
|
Countries: |
26 January 1992 | Sergiy Korsunsky (Сергій Корсунський) |
Ambassador | 14 April 2020 | REF |
| Asia |  Jordan
|
— | 19 April 1992 | Myroslava Shcherbatiuk (Мирослава Щербатюк) |
Ambassador | 22 July 2020 | REF |
| Asia |  Kazakhstan
|
— | 23 July 1992 | Serhii Pavlenko (Сергій Павленко) |
Ambassador | — | REF |
| Asia |  Kyrgyzstan
|
— | 19 September 1992 | Valery Zhovtenko (Валерій Жовтенко) |
Ambassador | 25 January 2019 | REF |
| Asia |  Kuwait
|
— | 18 April 1993 | Mykola Dzhydzhora (Микола Джиджора) |
Chargé d'Affaires | June 2024 | REF |
| Asia |  Lebanon
|
— | 14 December 1992 | Yurii Kasyanov (Юрій Касьянов) |
Ambassador | — | REF |
| Asia |  Malaysia
|
Countries: |
3 March 1992 | Denys Mykhailiuk (Денис Михайлюк) |
Chargé d'Affaires | — | REF |
| Asia |  Palestine
|
— | 2 November 2001 | Mykola Leshchenko (Микола Лещенко) |
Minister-Counselor | — | REF |
| Asia |  Qatar
|
— | 13 April 1993 | Andrii Kuzmenko (Андрій Кузьменко) |
Ambassador | 18 December 2019 | REF |
| Asia |  Saudi Arabia
|
14 April 1993 | Anatolii Petrenko (Анатолій Петренко) |
Ambassador | 21 January 2022 | REF | |
| Asia |  South Korea
|
Countries: |
10 February 1992 | Dmytro Ponomarenko (Дмитро Пономаренко) |
Ambassador | February 2022 | REF |
| Asia |  Singapore
|
Countries: |
31 March 1992 | Kateryna Zelenko (Катерина Зеленко) |
Ambassador | 14 November 2020 | REF |
| Asia |  Tajikistan
|
Countries: |
24 April 1992 | Valeriy Yevdokimov (Валерій Євдокимов) |
Ambassador | 2022 | REF |
| Asia |  Thailand
|
6 May 1992 | Pavlo Orel (Павло Орел) |
Chargé d'Affaires | — | REF | |
| Asia |  Turkmenistan
|
— | 10 October 1992 | Viktor Maiko (Віктор Майко) |
Ambassador | 30 December 2020 | REF |
| Asia |  United Arab Emirates
|
Countries: |
15 October 1992 | Dmytro Senik (Дмитро Сенік) |
Ambassador | May 2022 | REF |
| Asia |  Uzbekistan
|
— | 25 August 1992 | Mykola Doroshenko (Микола Дорошенко) |
Ambassador | 2020 | REF |
| Asia |  Vietnam
|
Countries: |
23 January 1992 | Oleksandr Haman (Олександр Гаман) |
Ambassador | December 2021 | REF |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Based on the regions used by the website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1]
- ^ For the host country; this date is in most cases different from the host country's date of recognition of Ukraine's independence.
- ^ Ukrainian names link to the Ukrainian Wikipedia articles for each ambassador, if available.
- ^ The full title for an ambassador is "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine" (Ukrainian: Надзвичайний і Повноважний посол України, romanized: Nadzvychainyi i Povnovazhnyi posol Ukrainy). This is shortened to simply "Ambassador" in the table.
- ^ The start of the term of the current ambassador officeholder.
- ^ The Embassy of Ukraine to Algeria began operations in November 1999.
- ^ The Embassy of Ukraine to Angola was opened on 30 September 1994.
- ^ The Embassy of Ukraine to Ethiopia started operations in June 2003.
References
edit- ^ "Bilateral cooperation". mfa.gov.ua. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2024.