The Minister of Foreign Affairs ( uk, Міністр закордонних справ) is the

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and head of the

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, which is in charge of the

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and realization of the

foreign policy of Ukraine The foreign policy of Ukraine is the strategic approach Ukraine takes to its relations with foreign nations, cooperation with international organizations, promotion of its national interests and protection of the rights of its citizens and diasp ...

. The Minister of Foreign Affairs is appointed by the

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. Since

Ukrainian independence Ukraine emerged as the concept of a nation, and the Ukrainians as a nationality, with the Ukrainian National Revival which began in the late 18th and early 19th century. The first wave of national revival is traditionally connected with the publ ...

from the

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in 1991, the nation has had 14 foreign ministers (not including acting ones). During the Ukrainian chairmanship of the

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in 2013, the Ukrainian foreign minister at that time (

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 ...

) served as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE. The current foreign minister is

Dmytro Kuleba Dmytro Ivanovych Kuleba ( uk, Дмитро Іванович Кулеба; born 19 April 1981) is a Ukrainian politician, diplomat, and communications specialist, currently serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is also concurrently a member ...

, who took office on 4 March 2020.

List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Soviet Ukraine

Ministers after Independence

References

{{National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine *Foreign Affairs

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National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine