The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство закордонних справ України) is the

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of the Ukrainian government that oversees the

foreign relations of Ukraine Ukraine has formal relations with many nations and in recent decades has been establishing diplomatic relations with an expanding circle of nations. The foreign relations of Ukraine are guided by a number of key priorities outlined in the forei ...

. The head of the ministry is the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

History

Originally, the ministry was established as the General Secretariat of Nationalities as part of the General Secretariat of Ukraine and was headed by the federalist

Serhiy Yefremov Serhiy Yefremov ( uk, Сергій Єфремов; October 18, 1876 – March 31, 1939) was a Ukrainian literary journalist, historian, critic, political activist, statesman, and academician. He was a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Scie ...

. Due to the Soviet intervention, the office was reformed into a ministry on December 22, 1917. About the same time, another government was formed (the Soviet) that proclaimed the Ukrainian government to be counter-revolutionary. The Ukrainian Soviet government also reorganized its office on March 1, 1918. In 1923, the office was liquidated by the government of the Soviet Union and reinstated in 1944, twenty years later. The first Soviet representatives were not of much note until the appointment of the Bulgarian native

Christian Rakovsky Christian Georgievich Rakovsky (russian: Христиа́н Гео́ргиевич Рако́вский; bg, Кръстьо Георги́ев Рако́вски; – September 11, 1941) was a Bulgarian-born socialist revolutionary, a Bolshevi ...

in 1919.

General overview

The ministry is located in Ukraine's capital Kyiv in the city's historic uppertown district, located in close proximity to the recently rebuilt

St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery ( uk, Михайлівський золотоверхий монастир, ) is a monastery in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, dedicated to Michael the Archangel. The monastery is located on the edge of the ba ...

. The building of the ministry is also located on the Mykhailivska Square, named for the monastery and next to the park

Volodymyrska Hill Volodymyrska Hill or Saint Volodymyr Hill ( uk, Володимирська гірка, ''"Volodymyrska hirka"'') is a large park located on the steep right-bank of the Dnieper River, Dnipro River in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Its most ...

. The nomination of the Foreign Minister is done by the President of Ukraine, unlike most nominations of

Cabinet Minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, � ...

which are done by the Prime Minister of Ukraine. All minister nominations have to be approved by the Ukrainian Parliament. ;Office of National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO Ukraine has been a member of UNESCO since May 12, 1954. From December 1962 Ukraine had established its permanent representation in the organization currently served by the Ambassador of Ukraine to France. The National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO was created as part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Presidential decree #212/1996 on March 26, 1996. The Chair of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO is Sergiy Kyslytsya. The permanent representative of Ukraine to UNESCO is the Ambassador to France Kostiantyn Tymoshenko. Ukraine has 14 academic departments cooperating with UNESCO as well as 63 schools associated with the organization.List of schools associated with UNESCO

List of Ministers

Officials before 1924

;General Secretary of Nationalities (June 28 - December 22, 1917) *

(Socialist-Federalist) (June 28 - July 17, 1917) * Oleksandr Shulhin (Socialist-Federalist) (July 17 - December 22, 1917) ;People's Secretary of Nationalities (December 14, 1917 - March 1, 1918) * Sergei Bakinsky ( Bolshevik) (December 14, 1917 - March 1, 1918) ;Ministry of Foreign Affairs (December 22, 1917 - May 1920) * Oleksandr Shulhin (Socialist-Federalist) (December 22, 1917 - January 24, 1918) * Vsevolod Holubovych (Socialist-Revolutionary) (January 24 - March 3, 1918) * Mykola Liubynsky (Socialist-Revolutionary) (March 3 - April 28, 1918) * Mykola Vasylenko (Association of Ukrainian Progressionists) (April 30 - May 20, 1918) * Dmytro Doroshenko (Socialist-Federalist) (May 20 - November 14, 1918) * Georgiy Afanasyev (November 14 - December 14, 1918) * Volodymyr Chekhivsky ( Ukrainian Menshevik) (December 26, 1918 - February 11, 1919) * Kostiantyn Matsiyevych (February 13 - March 1919) * Volodymyr Temnytsky ( Social Democrat) (April - August 1919) *

Andriy Livytskyi Andriy Mykolaiovych Livytskyi ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Лівицький; April 9, 1879, in Lyplyavo, the Russian Empire (now Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine) – January 17, 1954) was a Ukrainian politician, diplomat, statesman, and la ...

( Ukrainian Menshevik) (August 1919 - May 1920) ;People's Secretaries of Foreign Affairs (March 1, 1918 - July 1923) * Volodymyr Zatonsky ( Bolshevik) (March 1–4, 1918) * Mykola Skrypnyk ( Bolshevik) (March 8 - April 18, 1918) *

( Bolshevik) (January - July 1919) *

( Bolshevik) (March 1920 - July 1923) ;State Secretaries of Foreign Affairs of Western Ukraine (November 1918 - February 1923) * Vasyl Paneiko (National Democrat) (November 1918 - January 1919) *

Lonhyn Tsehelsky Lonhyn Tsehelsky ( uk, Лонги́н Цеге́льський 29 July 1875 – 30 December 1950) was a Ukrainian lawyer, journalist and political leader who served in the Austria-Hungary, Austrian parliament, who became Secretary of Internal Affai ...

(National Democrat) (January - February 1919) * Mykhailo Lozynsky (March - April 1919) *

Stepan Vytvytskyi Stepan Porfyrovych Vytvytskyi or Dr. Stepan Wytwycky ( uk, Степан Порфирович Витвицький) (13 March 1884 near Stanislawow — 9 October 1965 in New York City, United States) was a Ukrainian politician, diplomat, and journ ...

(National Democrat) (April 1919 - February 1920) * Kost Levytsky (National Democrat) (1920 - February 1923)

Officials after World War II

;People's Commissars of Foreign Affairs * Oleksandr Korniychuk (February - July 1944) * Dmitry Manuilsky (July 1944 - March 15, 1946) ;Ministers of Foreign Affairs * Dmitry Manuilsky (March 15, 1946 - 1952) *

Anatoliy Baranovsky Anatoliy Maksimovich Baranovsky ( uk, Анатолій Максимович Барановський) (25 January 1906 – 9 November 1988) was a Ukrainian politician, economist and diplomat. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SS ...

(June 10, 1952 - June 17, 1953) **

Luka Palamarchuk Luka Palamarchuk ( uk, Лука́ Хоми́ч Паламарчу́к; russian: Лука́ Фоми́ч Паламарчу́к) (6 September 1906 – 26 December 1985) was a Ukrainian politician, journalist and diplomat. He was Minister of Forei ...

(June 17, 1953 - May 11, 1954) *

(May 11, 1954 - August 13, 1965) * Dmytro Bilokolos (March 16, 1966 - June 11, 1970) * Georgiy Shevel (August 10, 1970 - November 18, 1980) *

Volodymyr Martynenko Volodymyr Martynenko ( uk, Володимир Никифорович Мартиненко) (6 October 1923 – 18 April 1988) was a Ukrainian diplomat. He served as Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. Minister of Foreign ...

(November 18, 1980 - December 28, 1984) *

Volodymyr Kravets Volodymyr Kravets (born May 31, 1981 in Krasnoarmiisk, Donetsk Oblast) is a male boxer from Ukraine, who competed for his Eastern European country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was stopped in the first round of the men's ...

(December 28, 1984 - July 27, 1990) * Anatoliy Zlenko (July 27, 1990 - August 24, 1991) ;Ministers of Foreign Affairs (post-Soviet) Secretary Kerry Chats With Ukrainian Foreign Minister Deshchytsia Before Meeting With Russians

Secretary Kerry Chats With Ukrainian Foreign Minister Deshchytsia Before Meeting With Russians

* Anatoliy Zlenko (August 24, 1991 - August 25, 1994) ** Hennadiy Udovenko (August 25, 1994 - September 16, 1994) * Hennadiy Udovenko (September 16, 1994 - April 17, 1998) *

Borys Tarasiuk Borys Ivanovych Tarasyuk ( uk, Борис Іванович Тарасюк; born 1 January 1949) is a Ukrainian politician who twice served as the foreign minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and a former People's Deputy of Ukraine, ...

(April 17, 1998 - September 29, 2000) * Anatoliy Zlenko (October 2, 2000 - September 2, 2003) * Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (September 2, 2003 - February 3, 2005) *

(February 4, 2005 - December 1, 2006) **

(December 5, 2006 - January 30, 2007) **

Volodymyr Ohryzko Volodymyr Stanislavovych Ohryzko ( uk, Володимир Станiславович Огризко; born April 1, 1956) is a Ukrainian diplomat. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine from December 18, 2007 to March 3, 2009, when ...

(January 31, 2007 - March 21, 2007) * Arseniy Yatseniuk (March 21, 2007 - December 18, 2007) *

(December 18, 2007 - March 3, 2009) * Petro Poroshenko (October 9, 2009 - March 11, 2010) * Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (March 11, 2010 - December 24, 2012) *

Leonid Kozhara Leonid Oleksandrovych Kozhara ( uk, Леонід Олександрович Кожара, Russian: Леонид Александрович Кожара, born 14 January 1963) is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. In 2013 he was th ...

(December 24, 2012 - February 23, 2014)Yanukovych appoints new Cabinet of Ministers
Kyiv Post (24 December 2012) **

Andrii Deshchytsia Andrii Bohdanovych Deshchytsia ( uk, Андрій Богданович Дещиця; born 22 September 1965) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician. From February to June 2014 Deshchytsia was Acting Foreign minister of Ukraine. Deshchytsia was f ...

(February 27, 2014 - June 19, 2014) * Pavlo Klimkin (June 19, 2014 - 29 August 2019) *

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 ...

(29 August 2019 - 4 March 2020) * Dmytro Kuleba (4 March 2020 - )

MFA of Ukraine Spokespersons

* Ihor Dolhov (2001—2002) *

Markiyan Lubkivsky Markiyan Romanovych Lubkivsky ( uk, Маркіян Романович Лубківський; born 2 September 1971) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician. He was spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine from 2003 to 2005. He has worked ...

(2003—2005) * Vasyl Filipchuk (2005—2006) *

(2006—2008) * Vasyl Kyrylych (2008—2009) * Oleksandr Dykusarov (2010-2013) * Yevhen Perebyinis (2013-2015) *

Mariana Betsa Mariana Betsa ( uk, Беца Мар'яна Олександрівна; born 1 January 1978) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian diplomat. MFA of Ukraine Spokesperson. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine. Early life and education She wa ...

(2015—2018) * Kateryna Zelenko (2018—2020) * Oleh Nikolenko (2020-)

References

External links

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