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

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of the

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that oversees the

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. The head of the ministry is the

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History

Originally, the ministry was established as the General Secretariat of Nationalities as part of the

General Secretariat of Ukraine The General Secretariat of Ukraine ( uk, Генеральний секретаріат УЦР—УНР) was the autonomous Ukrainian executive government of the Russian Republic from June 28, 1917 to January 22, 1918. For most of its existence ...

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 Scien ...

. 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 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 ...

in the city's historic uppertown district, located in close proximity to the recently rebuilt St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery. 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

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, unlike most nominations of

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which are done by the

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. All minister nominations have to be approved by the

Ukrainian Parliament The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

. ;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 Sergiy Olehovych Kyslytsya ( uk, Сергій Олегович Кислиця; born 15 August 1969) is a Ukrainian career diplomat, who serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine and Permanent Representative of Ukraine t ...

. The permanent representative of Ukraine to UNESCO is the Ambassador to France Kostiantyn Tymoshenko. Ukraine has 14 academic departments cooperating with

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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 Oleksander Yakovych Shulhyn ( uk, Олександр Шульгин; russian: Александр Шульгин; french: Alexandre Choulguine) was a prominent political, public, scientific and cultural figure of Ukraine and the Ukrainian governmen ...

(Socialist-Federalist) (July 17 - December 22, 1917) ;People's Secretary of Nationalities (December 14, 1917 - March 1, 1918) *

Sergei Bakinsky Sergei Segeyevich Bakinsky (russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Бакинский) was a Bolshevik politician, revolutionary, the first People's Commissar of Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets on nationalities. Biography Bakinsky ...

(

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

) (December 14, 1917 - March 1, 1918) ;Ministry of Foreign Affairs (December 22, 1917 - May 1920) *

(Socialist-Federalist) (December 22, 1917 - January 24, 1918) *

Vsevolod Holubovych Vsevolod Oleksandrovych Holubovych ( uk, Всеволод Олександрович Голубович; February 1885 – 16 May 1939) was the Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic from January to March 1918. Early period Holubov ...

(Socialist-Revolutionary) (January 24 - March 3, 1918) *

Mykola Liubynsky Mykola Liubynsky ( uk, Мико́ла Миха́йлович Люби́нський) (5 October 1891 in Khmelnytskyi Oblast – d. 8 January 1938 in Sandarmokh) was a Ukrainian politician and diplomat. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraini ...

(Socialist-Revolutionary) (March 3 - April 28, 1918) *

Mykola Vasylenko Mykola Prokopovych Vasylenko ( uk, Микола Прокопович Василенко; 14 February 1866 – 3 October 1935) was a Ukrainian academician historian and law professor, important public and political figure. He was a temporary Otaman ...

(Association of Ukrainian Progressionists) (April 30 - May 20, 1918) *

Dmytro Doroshenko Dmytro Doroshenko ( uk, Дмитро Іванович Дорошенко, ''Dmytro Ivanovych Doroshenko'', russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Дороше́нко; 8 April 1882 – 19 March 1951) was a prominent Ukrainian political figu ...

(Socialist-Federalist) (May 20 - November 14, 1918) *

Georgiy Afanasyev Georgiy Afanasyev ( uk, Георгій Омелянович Афанасьєв; 28 February 1848, Ufa – 15 December 1925, Belgrade) was a Ukrainian historian, politician, and diplomat. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian State (1918). ...

(November 14 - December 14, 1918) *

Volodymyr Chekhivsky Volodymyr Musiyovych Chekhivsky ( uk, Володимир Мусійович Чехівський; russian: Владимир Моисеевич Чеховский; July 19, 1876 in Kiev Governorate – November 3, 1937 in Sandarmokh) was a Ukrainian ...

( Ukrainian Menshevik) (December 26, 1918 - February 11, 1919) * Kostiantyn Matsiyevych (February 13 - March 1919) *

Volodymyr Temnytsky Volodymyr Temnytsky ( uk, Володимир Миколайович Темницький) (July 24, 1879 in Khlopivka, Chortkiv Raion – January 26, 1938 in Lviv) was Ukrainian lawyer, doctor of law, social and political activist, journalist and ...

(

Social Democrat Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...

) (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 Volodymyr Petrovych Zatonsky ( uk, Володи́мир Зато́нський, russian: Влади́мир Петро́вич Зато́нский ''Vladimir Petrovich Zatonsky''; July 27, 1888 – July 29, 1938) was a Soviet politician, aca ...

(

) (March 1–4, 1918) *

Mykola Skrypnyk Mykola Oleksiiovych Skrypnyk ( uk, Микола Олексійович Скрипник; – 7 July 1933), also known as Nikolai Alekseyevich Skripnik (russian: Никола́й Алексе́евич Скри́пник), was a Ukrainian Bolshe ...

(

) (March 8 - April 18, 1918) *

(

) (January - July 1919) *

(

) (March 1920 - July 1923) ;State Secretaries of Foreign Affairs of Western Ukraine (November 1918 - February 1923) *

Vasyl Paneiko Vasyl Paneiko ( uk, Василь Лукич Панейко) (1883, Zlotshev – May 29, 1956, Caracas) was a Ukrainian politician, journalist and diplomat. Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs of the West Ukrainian People's Republic (1918–19 ...

(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 Mykhailo Lozynsky ( uk, Михайло Михайлович Лозинський) (30 July 1880 in Kalush Raion – 3 November 1937 in Sandarmokh) he was Ukrainian politician, theater critic and diplomat. Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the ...

(March - April 1919) * Stepan Vytvytskyi (National Democrat) (April 1919 - February 1920) *

Kost Levytsky Kost Levytsky ( uk, Кость Леви́цький; 18 November 1859 – 12 November 1941) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian politician. He was a founder of the Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance, Ukrainian National Democratic movement and the lead ...

(National Democrat) (1920 - February 1923)

Officials after World War II

;People's Commissars of Foreign Affairs *

Oleksandr Korniychuk Oleksandr Yevdokymovych Korniychuk (russian: Алекса́ндр Евдоки́мович Корнейчу́к, uk, Олександр Євдокимович Корнійчук, 25 May 2 o.s. 1905 – 14 May 1972) was a Ukrainian playwright, lit ...

(February - July 1944) *

Dmitry Manuilsky Dmitriy Manuilsky, or Dmytro Zakharovych Manuilsky ( Russian: Дми́трий Заха́рович Мануи́льский; Ukrainian: Дмитро Захарович Мануїльський; October 1883 in Sviatets near Kremenets – 22 ...

(July 1944 - March 15, 1946) ;Ministers of Foreign Affairs *

(March 15, 1946 - 1952) * Anatoliy Baranovsky (June 10, 1952 - June 17, 1953) ** Luka Palamarchuk (June 17, 1953 - May 11, 1954) * Luka Palamarchuk (May 11, 1954 - August 13, 1965) * Dmytro Bilokolos (March 16, 1966 - June 11, 1970) * Georgiy Shevel (August 10, 1970 - November 18, 1980) * Volodymyr Martynenko (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 me ...

(December 28, 1984 - July 27, 1990) *

Anatoliy Zlenko Anatoliy Maksymovych Zlenko ( uk, Анато́лій Макси́мович Зле́нко; 2 June 1938 *

Anatoliy Zlenko Anatoliy Maksymovych Zlenko ( uk, Анато́лій Макси́мович Зле́нко; 2 June 1938 Hennadiy Udovenko Hennadiy Yosypovych Udovenko (22 June 1931 – 12 February 2013)

(August 25, 1994 - September 16, 1994) *

Hennadiy Udovenko Hennadiy Yosypovych Udovenko (22 June 1931 – 12 February 2013)

(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 Anatoliy Maksymovych Zlenko ( uk, Анато́лій Макси́мович Зле́нко; 2 June 1938 Kostyantyn Gryshchenko Kostyantyn Ivanovich Gryshchenko (also spelled Hryshchenko; Ukrainian: Костянтин Іванович Грищенко; Russian: Константин Иванович Грищенко; born 28 October 1953) is a Ukrainian diplomat and pol ...

(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 Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk ( uk, Арсеній Петрович Яценюк ; born 22 May 1974) is a Ukrainian politician, economist and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of Ukraine twice – from 27 February 2014 to 27 November 2014 and fr ...

(March 21, 2007 - December 18, 2007) *

(December 18, 2007 - March 3, 2009) *

Petro Poroshenko Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko ( uk, Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, ; born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Poroshenko ser ...

(October 9, 2009 - March 11, 2010) *

Kostyantyn Gryshchenko Kostyantyn Ivanovich Gryshchenko (also spelled Hryshchenko; Ukrainian: Костянтин Іванович Грищенко; Russian: Константин Иванович Грищенко; born 28 October 1953) is a Ukrainian diplomat and pol ...

(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 The ''Kyiv Post'' is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden. History American Jed Sunden founded the ''Kyiv Post'' weekly newspaper on Oct. 18, 1995 and later created KP Media for his holdings. ...

(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 wa ...

(February 27, 2014 - June 19, 2014) *

Pavlo Klimkin Pavlo Anatoliiovych Klimkin ( uk, Павло Анатолійович Клімкін; born 25 December 1967) is a Ukrainian diplomat who from 19 June 2014 until 29 August 2019 served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. A Moscow-educated p ...

(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 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 ...

(4 March 2020 - )

MFA of Ukraine Spokespersons

Ihor Dolhov Ihor Dolhov ( uk, Ігор Олексійович Долгов) (birth: June 6, 1957, Slavuta, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine. Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine for European Integration. ...

(2001—2002) * Markiyan Lubkivsky (2003—2005) * Vasyl Filipchuk (2005—2006) *

(2006—2008) * Vasyl Kyrylych (2008—2009) * Oleksandr Dykusarov (2010-2013) * Yevhen Perebyinis (2013-2015) * Mariana Betsa (2015—2018) * Kateryna Zelenko (2018—2020) * Oleh Nikolenko (2020-)

References

External links

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