Ihor Kharchenko (born May 15, 1962 in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

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 ...

) is a

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: an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

Education

Ihor Kharchenko graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 1985, master's Degree in International Relations; Doctorate in Historical Science (

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) (1988).

Career

1992 – 1997 — First Secretary, Counsellor, Director, Department of Policy Analysis and Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 1997 – 1998 — worked Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

. Chief of staff Office of the President of the

UN General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; french: link=no, Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Curr ...

. 1998 – 2000 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. 2000 – 2003 — was in office of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Deputy State Secretary, Special Envoy of Ukraine to the

Balkans The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

. 2003 – 2006 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. 2006 – 2010 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

and

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the

International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO, French: ''Organisation maritime internationale'') is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference ...

. 2010 – 2013 —

Ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

, Special Representative of Ukraine for Transnistrian Settlement. 2013 – 2020 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

.Ihor Kharchenko: "Storm in the East: Can escalation of the Ukrainian crisis be stopped?"
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References

External links

Embassy of Ukraine to Japan

Former Ambassadors of Ukraine to the United Kingdom

Ambassador of Ukraine to Japan Dr. Ihor Kharchenko participated in the 69th Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kharchenko Living people 1962 births Ambassadors of Ukraine to Japan Ambassadors of Ukraine to Poland Ambassadors of Ukraine to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Ukraine to Romania Ukrainian politicians