The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Kingdom ( uk, Надзвичайний і Повноважний посол України у Сполученому Королівстві Великої Британії та Північної Ірландії) is the
ambassador
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of
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
to the
United Kingdom
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. The current ambassador is
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 w ...
. He assumed the position in 2020.
The first Ukrainian ambassador to the
United Kingdom
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assumed his post in 1992, the same year a Ukrainian embassy opened in
London
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.
List of representatives
Ukrainian People's Republic
* 1919 —
Mykola Stakhovsky
* 1919 — 1921 —
Arnold Margolin
* 1921 — 1923 —
Jaroslav Olesnitsky
Jaroslav Olesnitsky (Ярослав Іванович Олесницький) (born: 1875, Halych, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast - died July 15, 1933, Zolochiv, Lviv oblast) was a Ukrainian diplomat, politic, lawyer. Head of the Ukrainian mission to ...
* 1923 — 1924 —
Roman Smal-Stocki
Roman Stepanovych Smal-Stocki (Роман Степанович Смаль-Стоцький) (born: January 8, 1893, Chernivtsi - died April 27, 1969, Washington DC) – was a Ukrainian diplomat, scholar, politician. Ph.D. Professor at the Ukrainian ...
Ukraine
* 1992 — 1997 —
Serhiy Komisarenko
Serhiy Vasylʹovych Komisarenko ( uk, Сергій Васильович Комісаренко; born July 9, 1943) is a Ukrainian scientist, politician, and diplomat. He was a self-nominated candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, a ...
* 1997 — 2002 —
Volodymyr Vasylenko
Volodymyr Andriyovych Vasylenko ( uk, Володи́мир Андрі́йович Василе́нко; birth: January 16, 1937, Kiev, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian diplomat who has twice served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukrain ...
* 2002 — 2005 —
Ihor Mityukov
* 2005 — 2010 —
Ihor Kharchenko
* 2010 — 2014 —
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 Khan ...
* 2014 —
Andrii Kuzmenko — Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
* 2014 —
Ihor Kyzym
Ihor Yuriyovych Kyzym ( uk, Ігор Юрійович Кизим, born 20 August 1961) is a Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine.
Education
Ihor Kyzym graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University o ...
— Chargé d'Affaires a.i. (Acting)
Embassy of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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* 2015 — 2020 — Natalia Galibarenko
Natalia Galibarenko (born 1978) is a Ukrainian diplomat, and a former Ukrainian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the UK.
Education
Natalia Galibarenko graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, master's degree i ...
* 2020 — present — 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 w ...
See also
* Embassy of Ukraine, London
The Embassy of Ukraine in London is the diplomatic mission of Ukraine in the United Kingdom. Ukraine also maintains a consulate at 78 Kensington Park Road, Notting Hill.
History
The first diplomatic mission of the Ukrainian People's Republic ...
* British Ambassador to Ukraine
References
External links
Embassy of Ukraine to the United Kingdom: Previous Ambassadors
{{Ukrainian diplomatic missions
*Ambassadors of Ukraine to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom, the
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...