Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States
Incumbent
Oksana Markarova
since February 2021
NominatorVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Inaugural holderOleh Bilorus
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation3 January 1992 (1992-01-03)
WebsiteUkraine Embassy - Washington D.C.

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America (Ukrainian: Надзвичайний і Повноважний посол України в США) is the ambassador of Ukraine to the United States. On 25 February 2021 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Oksana Markarova Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States.[1]

The first Ukrainian ambassador to the United States assumed his post in 1992, the same year the Ukrainian Embassy, Washington, D.C., was opened.

List of ambassadors

President Barack Obama Welcomes Ambassador Olexander Motsyk of Ukraine
NCountryUkrainianAmbassadorsImagedate
1  Ukrainian People's Republic Євген Голіцинський Yevhen Holitsynsky (1918–1919)
The head of the diplomatic mission
2  Ukrainian People's Republic Юліан Бачинський Yulian Bachynsky (1919–1921)
The head of the diplomatic mission
3  Ukraine Сергій Кулик Sergiy Kulyk (1992)
Chargé d'Affaires
4  Ukraine Олег Білорус Oleh Bilorus (1992–1994)
5  Ukraine Юрій Щербак Yuriy Shcherbak (1994–1998)
6  Ukraine Антон Бутейко Anton Buteyko (1998–1999)
7  Ukraine Костянтин Грищенко Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (2000–2003)
8  Ukraine Михайло Резнік Mykhailo Reznik (2003–2005)
9  Ukraine Сергій Корсунський Sergiy Korsunsky (2005–2006)
Chargé d'Affaires
10  Ukraine Олег Шамшур Oleh Shamshur (2006–2010)
12  Ukraine Олександр Моцик Olexander Motsyk (2010–2015)
13  Ukraine Ярослав Брисюк Yaroslav Brisiuck (2015)
Chargé d'Affaires
14  Ukraine Валерій Чалий Valeriy Chaly[2][3] (2015–2019)
15  Ukraine Володимир Єльченко Volodymyr Yelchenko[4][1] (2019–2021)
16  Ukraine Оксана Маркарова Oksana Markarova[1] (2021–present)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ukraine appoints former finance minister as ambassador to U.S., Reuters (25 February 2021)
    (in Ukrainian) Markarova became Ukraine's new ambassador to the United States, Ukrayinska Pravda (25 February 2021)
  2. ↑ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 409/2015". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 540/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 911/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
    Margaret Besheer (19 December 2019). "Ukraine Names Veteran Diplomat as New US Envoy". Voice of America. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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