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Andrii Ivanovych Sybiha (Ukrainian: Андрій Іванович Сибіга; born 1 January 1975) is a Ukrainian statesman, diplomat, and jurist who became the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine[1] and is currently the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine since September 5th 2024.[2]
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Andrii Sybiha | |
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Андрій Сибіга | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
Assumed office 5 September 2024 | |
President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal |
Preceded by | Dmytro Kuleba |
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine | |
In office 31 May 2021 – 12 April 2024 | |
President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
Personal details | |
Born | Zboriv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR | 1 January 1975
Alma mater | University of Lviv |
Occupation | politician, diplomat |
Awards | |
Andrii Sybiha was born in Zboriv, Ternopil Oblast. In 1997, he graduated from University of Lviv, as a specialist in international relations. He is fluent in English and Polish.[1]
In 1997—1998, he was an attache, third, second secretary of the department of state and legal issues of the Contract and Legal Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
In 1998—2002, he was the second and first secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Poland.
In 2002—2003, he was the first secretary of the legal and humanitarian cooperation department of the European Integration Office of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
In 2003—2005, he was the head of the international legal cooperation department of the Contract and Legal Department of MFA Ukraine.
In 2005—2006, he was the head of the Department of International Law and Legislation in the Field of Foreign Policy of the Contract Law Department of MFA of Ukraine.
In 2006—2008, he was the deputy director of the Contractual and Legal Department of MFA of Ukraine.
In 2008—2012, he was an adviser-envoy of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Poland. In 2012—2016, he was the director of the Consular Service Department of MFA of Ukraine.[2]
On August 23, 2016, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Turkey.[3] On May 19, 2021, he was dismissed from his post by the decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[4]
In May 31, 2021, he was appointed as the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.[5] (On 11 February 2020 Andriy Yermak had been appointed Head of the President's Office.[6])
At the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Sybiha was among the first to announce Ukraine's formal application to join the European Union. Following the resignation of foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba in September 2024, he was appointed by president Zelenskyy to succeed him. His appointment passed in the Verkhovna Rada with 258 votes.[2]
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