Volodymyr Yuriyevich Yelchenko ( uk, Володимир Юрійович Єльченко; born June 27, 1959 in

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

, in the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

of the

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) is a Ukrainian diplomat. His latest post was the

Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America ( uk, Надзвичайний і Повноважний посол України в США) is the ambassador of Ukraine to the United States. On 25 Fe ...

. from December 2019 until February 2021. Previously to this appointment (as Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S), he was the

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since December 9, 2015.Ex-envoy to UN Sergeyev quits the foreign service, becomes retiree

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(9 February 2016) and was formerly Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia from July 2010 until he was recalled for consultations in March 2014.Volodymyr Yelchenko appointed Ukrainian ambassador to the Russian Federation
,

National Radio Company of Ukraine Ukrainian Radio ( uk, Українське радіо) is the publicly funded radio broadcaster in Ukraine since 1924. In 2017 has been merged with national TV company into country's public broadcaster Suspilne.

(July 2, 2010)
President meets new Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia
Official website of the

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(July 2, 2010)

Biography

Yelchenko was born in Kyiv in 1959, the son of the

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(1971-1973) Yuriy Nykyforovych Yelchenko. Volodymyr graduated from the Faculty of International Relations and International Law at Kyiv State University in 1981. Since 1981 he has worked in the diplomatic service of Ukraine. Between 1997 and 2000 he acted as 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 security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

in New York, USA. From December 2000 till his next post he served at various senior posts within the

Foreign Ministry of Ukraine The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство закордонних справ України) is the ministry of the Ukrainian government that oversees the foreign relations of Ukraine. The head of the ministry is th ...

. In 2005 - 2006 he was Ukraine's Ambassador to Austria, in 2006 - 2010 Mr. Yelchenko served as Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Organisations in Vienna, Austria. From 2010 Volodymyr Yelchenko served as Ambassador of Ukraine to the Russian Federation. On 17 March 2014, during the

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, Yelchenko was recalled from

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for consultations in regards to the Crimean Crisis.Ukraine recalls Moscow ambassador for consultations

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(17 March 2014) Since then Ukraine's highest diplomatic representation in Russia is its temporary chargé d'affaires.Ukraine's diplomat: Non-approval of Russia's ambassador doesn't mean full diplomatic break

(6 August 2016) On December 9, 2015 Yelchenko was appointed

where he served until being appointed

on December 19, 2019. On 25 February 2021

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Volodymyr Zelensky Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

appointed

Oksana Markarova Oksana Serhiyivna Markarova ( uk, Оксана Сергіївна Маркарова; born 28 October 1976) is a Ukrainian politician and the current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States since February 2021. Markarova is also a former Mini ...

Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States.Ukraine appoints former finance minister as ambassador to U.S.

(25 February 2021)
Markarova became Ukraine's new ambassador to the United States

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(25 February 2021) By a decree of 25 February 2021, Zelensky dismissed Yelchenko from the post of ambassador to the

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, Antigua and Barbuda and

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