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List Of Ambassadors Of Ukraine To Canada
The Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada ( uk, Посол України в Канаді) is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from Ukraine to Canada. History Canada became the first Western power to recognize the independence of Ukraine on 2 December 1991. Diplomatic relations were fully established on January 27, 1992, when the Minister of Foreign Affairs Anatoliy Zlenko and the Secretary of State for External Affairs Barbara McDougal exchanged notes. On September 10, 1992, a Canadian of Ukrainian descent, Erast Hutsulyak, obtained a house at 331 Metcalfe Street in Ottawa for $615,000; he donated it to the Government of Ukraine as accommodation for the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada. The embassy was officially opened on December 1, 1992. In 1994, another house was purchased for the embassy, at 310 Somerset Street West, for $1.8 million. The new building is located from the first one. Most of the funds came from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. The building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embassy Of Ukraine, Ottawa
The Embassy of Ukraine, Ottawa is Ukraine's diplomatic mission in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Canada was the first western nation to recognize Ukraine's independence on December 2, 1991. The existence of a large Ukrainian-Canadian community has led to continued close relations between the two nations. The Ukrainian embassy was established on May 3, 1992. Originally in rented apartments, then it moved to a heritage building at 331 Metcalfe Street, that was purchased with the aid of donations from Ukrainian-Canadians. The current home of the embassy chancery is 310 Somerset Street West. This building was originally a mortgage and investment office. In 1991, it was purchased by the New Democratic Party for two million dollars and became their party headquarters. After the NDP lost official party status in Parliament in the 1993 election and found itself deeply in debt, it decided to sell the property. The Ukrainians, whose delegation had grown considerably, bought it in Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada–Ukraine Relations
Canada–Ukraine relations are the bilateral ties between Canada and Ukraine. Formal relations Diplomatic relations were established between Canada and Ukraine on December 2, 1991. Canada was the first western nation -and second country after Poland- to recognize Ukraine's independence from the USSR. Canada opened its embassy in Kyiv in April 1992, and the Embassy of Ukraine in Ottawa opened in October of that same year, paid for mostly by donations from the Ukrainian-Canadian community. Ukraine opened a consulate general in Toronto in 1993 and opened another in Edmonton in 2018. The main bilateral agreement signed between the two governments is the joint declaration of the "Special Partnership" between the two countries signed in 1994 and renewed in 2001. Sales of Canadian military hardware to Ukraine were permitted by the government of Justin Trudeau in December 2017, as Global Affairs Canada minister Chrystia Freeland lifted the restrictions that had been impose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andriy Shevchenko (politician)
Andriy Vitaliyovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Віталійович Шевченко) (born 10 June 1976) is the Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada since September 2015 till August 2021. He is also a prominent Ukrainian journalist and civil activist and a former member of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. Background Shevchenko was born in the town of Hvizdets, near Kolomyia, in Ukraine (at that time - the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union), and spent his youth in Fastiv, near Kyiv. In 1999, he received his master's degree from the Institute of Journalism at Kyiv University; he also studied political science and economics at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Journalism Shevchenko has worked as a multi-media journalist since 1994 for the 1+1 TV Channel, Novyi Kanal, Radio Voice of America and others. Under the administration of President Kuchma, Shevchenko was one of the leaders of the journalists' movement against censorship. In 2002 he left Novyi Kanal under pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadym Prystaiko
Vadym Volodymyrovych Prystaiko ( uk, Вадим Володимирович Пристайко; born 20 February 1970) is a Ukrainian diplomat currently serving as Ukraine's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom. He was appointed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 20 July 2020. Prystaiko is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and former Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine. Between 2014 and 2019, he was also the Ukrainian ambassador to Canada between 2012 and 2014 and the head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO from 7 July 2017 to 29 August 2019. In May 2019, Prystaiko served as the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration for foreign policy issues. He is a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine since 31 May 2019. He is also former Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, serving from 4 March 2020 to 4 June 2020. Biography Prystaiko was born on 20 February 1970 in the city of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Shevchenko
Marko may refer to: * Marko (given name) * Marko (surname) * Márkó, a village in Hungary See also * Marco (other) * Markko (other) * Marka (other) * Markov * Marku * * {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihor Ostash
Ihor Ivanovych Ostash ( uk, Ігор Іванович Осташ; born 4 August 1959) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician currently serving as ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon since 2016, previously serving as ambassador of Ukraine to Canada from 2006 to 2011. He also served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Lviv Oblast from 1994 to 2006. He is a member of the Reforms and Order Party. Early life and education Ihor Ostash was born on 4 August 1959 in the village of Duliby ( Lviv Oblast, Ukraine). Ostash graduated from Lviv Ivan Franko State University ( Ukraine), Slavic Department of the Philological Faculty (1982). Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Post-graduate Studies (1985); Harvard University ( United States) Post-doctorate studies (1993); Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( Ukraine), Law Faculty (1998). Ph.D. in Philology (1986). Languages: Ukrainian, English, French, Czech, Polish, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Russian. Professional career From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mykola Maimeskul
Mykola ( uk, Мико́ла, Mykóla, ) is a Slavic variant, more specifically a Ukrainian variant, of the masculine name "Nicholas", meaning "victory of the people". It may refer to: People * Mykola Arkas (1853–1909), Ukrainian composer, writer, historian, and cultural activist * Mykola Avilov (born 1948), Ukrainian Soviet decathlete, competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics * Mykola Azarov (born 1947), Ukrainian politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014 * Mykola Babak (born 1954) is a Ukrainian artist, writer, publisher, and art collector *Mykola Bahlay (born 1976), Ukrainian football forward *Mykola Bakay (1931–1998), Ukrainian singer, composer, poet, author and Soviet dissident *Mykola Balan, Ukrainian military official, Lieutenant General, a commander of the National Guard of Ukraine * Mykola Bazhan (1904–1983), Soviet Ukrainian writer, poet and politician *Mykola Belokurov (1926–2006), Soviet middle-distance runner *Mykola Berezutskiy (born 1937) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuriy Shcherbak
Yuriy Mykolayovych Shcherbak ( uk, Ю́рій Микола́йович Щерба́к; born 23 October 1934) is a Ukrainian writer, screenwriter, publicist, epidemiologist, politician, diplomat, and environmental activist. Doctor of Medicine (1983), Laureate of Y. Yanovsky Literary Prize (1984) and O. Dovzhenko State Prize (1984). Early life and family He was born in Kyiv in 1934, about the time when his father was arrested by NKVD. During World War II the family was evacuated to Russia. He returned to his native city in the beginning of March 1944. His older brother, Mykola Shcherbak (1927–1998), famous scientist-zoologist, was head of the Zoological Museum of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and in his student's years was accused (1948) and condemned by KGB (1948–1954) for nationalism. Epidemiological career Yuriy Shcherbak graduated from Kyiv Medical Institute in 1958. From 1958 to 1987 he worked in the Kyiv L. Gromashevsky Research Institute of Epidemiology and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volodymyr Khandohiy
Volodymyr Dmytrovych Khandohiy ( uk, Володимир Дмитрович Хандогій) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician. Khandohiy was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for six months in 2009. Biography Volodymyr Khandohiy graduated from the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv and started his diplomatic career in 1975. Khandohiy is a former Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg (2000-2005) and the Netherlands (2000-2002) and a former Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO (2000-2005). Between 1995 and 1998, and from 27 December 2005 till his appointment as acting Minister, he was a Deputy Foreign Minister. Khandohiy was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, after (on 3 March 2009) his predecessor Volodymyr Ohryzko was dismissed by the Ukrainian Parliament. On 9 October 2009 this parliament appointed Petro Poroshenko as foreign minister. In 2012 he said that Yevhen Khytrov was a victim of bad refereeing at the 2012 London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volodymyr Furkalo
Volodymyr ( uk, Володи́мир, Volodýmyr, , orv, Володимѣръ) is a Ukrainian given name of Old East Slavic origin. The related Ancient Slavic, such as Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, etc. form of the name is Володимѣръ ''Volodiměr'', which in other Slavic languages became Vladimir (from cu, Владимѣръ, Vladiměr). Diminutives include Volodyk, Volodia, Lodgo and Vlodko People known as Volodymyr * Volodymyr the Great (aka St. Volodymyr, Volodymyr I of Kyiv), Grand Prince of Kyiv * Volodymyr II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kyiv * Volodymyr Atamanyuk (born 1955), Soviet footballer * Volodymyr Bahaziy (1902–1942), Ukrainian nationalist * Volodymyr Barilko (born 1994), Ukrainian football striker * Volodymyr Bezsonov (born 1958), Ukrainian football manager and player * Volodymyr Chesnakov (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer * Volodymyr Demchenko (born 1981), Ukrainian sprinter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics * Volodymyr Dyudya (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Batiuk
Victor Havrylovych Batiuk ( uk, Віктор Гаврилович Батюк; 15 March 1939 – 2 December 1996) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian diplomat and poet, who has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. He was the only one who knew Bengali language, Bengali and translated Rabindranath Tagore into Ukrainian. Early life and education Born in 1939 in Sverdlovskaja Oblast, Batiuk graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He was fluent in Bengali, English, Russian and French. Professional career and experience He worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR participated in the translation section of the Writer's Union of Ukraine, which maintained relations with Vasyl Stus. He worked as Second Secretary Permanent Mission of the Ukrainian SSR to the United Nations. In 1978-1984 - Permanent Representative of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
