List of ambassadors of Ukraine to the United States explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:Ukraine to the United States
Native Name:Посол України в США
Insignia:MFA UA Full.svg
Insigniasize:220px
Incumbent:Oksana Markarova
Incumbentsince:February 2021
Nominator:President
Inaugural:Oleh Bilorus
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Website:Ukraine Embassy - Washington D.C.

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America (uk|Надзвичайний і Повноважний посол України в Сполучені Штати Америки) is the ambassador of Ukraine to the United States.[1] [2] The ambassador is responsible for diplomatically representing and promoting Ukraine's interests in the U.S., with Ukrainian ambassadors having full authority to act on behalf of the Ukrainian government. Ambassadors are appointed and dismissed by the President of Ukraine, typically on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.[3] If the position is left vacant without an ambassador appointed, a temporary Chargé d'Affaires (uk|Повірений у справах), typically the second highest ranking member of the embassy's diplomat staff, will fulfill the position's professional responsibilities until a replacement is appointed.

The first diplomatic representation of Ukraine to the U.S. began in 1918,[4] when the Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR), a historical predecessor to modern-day Ukraine, declared its independence from the Russian Empire following the Bolshevik Revolution the previous year.[5] [6] As part of the UPR government's efforts to gain international recognition of the country, a diplomatic mission headed by Ukrainian politician Yevhen Holitsynsky was sent to Washington, D.C. from 1918 to 1919, making him the first diplomat to represent an independent Ukrainian state in the U.S.[7] The UPR sent one additional diplomatic delegation from 1919 to 1921, led by Ukrainian politician and writer Yulian Bachynsky,[8] before the UPR government was sent in exile and the country's territory divided between the Second Polish Republic and the pro-Soviet Russian states of Soviet Belarus and Soviet Ukraine in the Treaty of Riga, signed on 18 March 1921.[9] [10] Due to the lack of formal U.S. recognition of the independence of the UPR during its existence, the UPR had no embassy in the U.S. (e.g. no permanent diplomatic mission) and thus, both Holitsynsky and Bachynsky served as envoys rather than ambassadors.

From 1933 to 1991, Ukraine was represented to the United States and the rest of the international community as part of the Soviet Union, although it gained de jure separate membership in the United Nations as the Ukrainian SSR at the UN's founding in 1945 as well as in a few other intergovernmental organizations over the years.[11] [12] [13] During the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR adopted an act declaring the country's independence as modern-day Ukraine on 24 August. Following a national referendum in favor of independence and the country's signing of the Belovezha Accords formally dissolving the Soviet Union,[14] the United States recognized Ukraine on 25 December 1991.[15] After the U.S.' recognition and start of bilateral relations on 3 January 1992,[16] Ukrainian diplomat Sergiy Kulyk served as the temporary Chargé d'Affaires of the Ukrainian diplomatic mission as it established itself in its embassy in Washington, D.C.[17] On 3 June 1992, Ukrainian politician and professor Oleh Bilorus was appointed by President Leonid Kravchuk as the first ambassador to the U.S.[18] [19] [20] Since Bilorus left the position on 12 September 1994,[21] nine individuals have served as ambassadors of Ukraine to the U.S. while an additional two have briefly served as Chargé d'Affaires. The longest serving ambassador is Oleksandr Motsyk, who represented Ukraine from 11 June 2010 to 14 April 2015,[22] [23] [24] while the shortest tenure as an ambassador is held by Anton Buteyko, who served from 18 November 1998 to 24 December 1999.[25] [26] [27] The incumbent ambassador is Oksana Markarova, who was appointed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 25 February 2021. Markarova is also the first woman to serve as ambassador to the U.S.[28]

List of ambassadors

Name
(in Ukrainian)!scope="col" class="unsortable" rowspan=2
PhotoTitleTenureRefs
Start dateEnd dateLength
Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1921)
Yevhen Holitsynsky
(Євген Голіцинський)		Head of diplomatic mission1918<--make sure to make efn notes about the difference between the old style and new style dates/times-->1919—
Yulian Bachynsky
(Юліан Бачинський)		Head of diplomatic mission19191921—
Ukraine (1991–present)
Sergiy Kulyk
(Сергій Кулик)		Chargé d'Affaires
Oleh Bilorus
(Олег Білорус)		Ambassador
Yuriy Shcherbak
(Юрій Щербак)		Ambassador[29] [30] [31]
Anton Buteyko
(Антон Бутейко)		Ambassador
Kostyantyn Gryshchenko
(Костянтин Грищенко)		Ambassador[32] [33] [34]
Mykhailo Reznik
(Михайло Резнік)		Ambassador[35] [36] [37]
Sergiy Korsunsky
(Сергій Корсунський)		Chargé d'Affaires<--ukr wikipage says 21 June 2005-->2005<--ukr wikipage says 3 January 2006-->—[38]
Oleh Shamshur
(Олег Шамшур)		Ambassador[39] [40]
Oleksandr Motsyk
(Олександр Моцик)		Ambassador
Yaroslav Brisiuck
(Ярослав Брисюк)		Chargé d'Affaires<--Brisiuck's ukr wikipage says 25 April-->[41] <--needs a ref explicitly stating that Brisiuck left when Chaly got appointed OR a ref saying charge d'affaires stay until the ambassador gets appointed (probably better having the other one since he could've left earlier due to extraneous circumstances?) - also consider checking website screenshots of the UKR embassy page which might show to how late they showed him as charge d'affaires-->
Valeriy Chaly
(Валерій Чалий)		Ambassador[42] [43]
Volodymyr Yelchenko
(Володимир Єльченко)		Ambassador[44] [45] [46]
Oksana Markarova
(Оксана Маркарова)		Ambassadorpresent[47]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1 January 2022 . uk:Про дипломатичну службу . About the diplomatic service . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/2449-19 . 3 September 2024 . . uk .
  2. Web site: Zelenskyy . Volodymyr . Volodymyr Zelenskyy . 25 February 2021 . uk:Указ Президента України №75/2021 Про призначення О.Маркарової Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Сполучених Штатах Америки . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 75/2021 On the appointment of O.Markarova as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America . https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/752021-36841 . 2 September 2024 . . uk .
  3. Web site: 1 January 2020 . uk:Конституція України . Constitution of Ukraine . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/254%D0%BA/96-%D0%B2%D1%80#Text . 3 September 2024 . . uk .
  4. Bilichenko . Lidiia . 2024 . uk:Діяльність Надзвичайної дипломатичної місії УНР у США (1919–1921 рр.) . Activities of the Extraordinary Diplomatic Mission of the UPR in the USA (1919–1921) . https://molodyivchenyi.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/6105/5973 . . Molodyi vchenyi . 1 . 125 . 24–28 . 10.32839/2304-5809/2024-1-125-20 . 6 October 2024 . uk. free .
  5. Web site: Kudlay . Oleksandr Borysivna . 2013 . uk:Четвертий Універсал Української Центральної Ради . Fourth Universal of the Ukrainian Central Rada . http://resource.history.org.ua/cgi-bin/eiu/history.exe?Z21ID=&amp;I21DBN=EIU&amp;P21DBN=EIU&amp;S21STN=1&amp;S21REF=10&amp;S21FMT=eiu_all&amp;C21COM=S&amp;S21CNR=20&amp;S21P01=0&amp;S21P02=0&amp;S21P03=TRN=&amp;S21COLORTERMS=0&amp;S21STR=Chetvertyj_Universal_Ukr_Tsentralnoi_Rady . 30 August 2024 . . . uk .
  6. Book: Petik . Iaroslav . Politics and Society in the Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1921) and Contemporary Ukraine (2013–2022): A Comparative Analysis . Tolochko . Oleksiy . 3 June 2024 . . 9783838218175 . Ukrainian Voices . 49 . en . 29 August 2024.
  7. Web site: Strelskyi . Hennadii Vyacheslavovych . 2004 . uk:Голіцинський Євген Миколайович . Holitsynskyi Yevhen Mykolayovych . http://resource.history.org.ua/cgi-bin/eiu/history.exe?Z21ID=&amp;I21DBN=DOP&amp;P21DBN=EIU&amp;S21STN=1&amp;S21REF=10&amp;S21FMT=eiu_all&amp;C21COM=S&amp;S21CNR=20&amp;S21P01=0&amp;S21P02=0&amp;S21P03=TRN=&amp;S21COLORTERMS=0&amp;S21STR=Golicynsky_E . 29 August 2024 . . . uk.
  8. Web site: Mukomela . O.G. . 2003 . uk:Бачинський Юліан Олександрович . Bachynskyi Yulian Oleksandrovych . https://esu.com.ua/article-41367 . 29 August 2024 . . uk.
  9. Web site: Budurowicz . Bohdan . Chojnowski . Andrzej . Riga, Peace Treaty of . 3 October 2024 . . en.
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  11. Web site: 18 December 2019 . MFA History . 3 October 2024 . . en.
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  14. Web site: Stohryn . Iryna . 23 August 2024 . uk:Події, які сформували і зміцнюють Незалежність України . Events that formed and strengthen the Independence of Ukraine . https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/podii-shcho-formuyut-nezalezhnist/31405953.html . 3 October 2024 . . uk.
  15. Web site: A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Ukraine . 3 October 2024 . . . en.
  16. Web site: 2 December 2019 . History of the Embassy of Ukraine in USA . 29 August 2024 . . . en. Lists only previous appointed ambassadors since 1992; all Chargé d'Affaires are excluded.
  17. Web site: Bezpyatchuk . Zhanna . 26 August 2010 . uk:Спогади Містера Chairman: Геннадій Удовенко про п’ять годин від Вашингтона до Нью-Йорка, ранок 24 серпня 1991 року, рочестерський тризуб і ґданські листівки . Memories of Mr. Chairman: Hennadiy Udovenko about five hours from Washington to New York, morning of 24 August 1991, Rochester trident and Gdańsk postcards . http://tyzhden.ua/Publication/4661/PrintView . 31 July 2016 . . uk . 11 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161011190157/http://tyzhden.ua/Publication/4661/PrintView . dead .
  18. Web site: 3 June 1992 . uk:Про призначення Білоруса О. Г. Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Сполучених Штатах Америки . Decree of the President of Ukraine: On the appointment of O. H. Bilorus as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/133/92 . 6 October 2024 . . uk .
  19. Web site: Mikheev . Y.V. . 2016 . uk:Білорус Олег Григорович . Bilorus Oleh Hryhorovych . https://esu.com.ua/article-40851 . 29 August 2024 . . uk .
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  21. Web site: Kuchma . Leonid . Leonid Kuchma . 12 September 1994 . uk:Про увільнення Білоруса О.Г. з посади Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в США . On the release of Bilorus O.H. from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the USA . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/514/94#Text . 29 August 2024 . . uk .
  22. Web site: Yanukovych . Viktor . Viktor Yanukovych . 11 June 2010 . uk:Указ Президента України № 686/2010: Про призначення О.Моцика Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Сполучених Штатах Америки . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 686/2010: On the appointment of O.Motsyk as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America . http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/11884.html . 14 April 2015 . . uk . 10 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140710071905/http://president.gov.ua/documents/11884.html . dead .
  23. Web site: Poroshenko . Petro . Petro Poroshenko . 14 April 2015 . uk:Указ Президента України № 216/2015 Про звільнення О.Моцика з посад Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Сполучених Штатах Америки, Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Антигуа і Барбуда та Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Республіці Тринідад і Тобаго . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 216/2015 On the dismissal of O.Motsyk from the positions of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Antigua and Barbuda and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago . http://www.president.gov.ua//documents/19311.html . 14 April 2015 . . uk . 16 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150416220438/http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/19311.html . dead .
  24. Web site: 23 November 2016 . uk:Моцик Олександр Федорович . Motsyk Oleksandr Fedorovych . https://lb.ua/file/person/3569_motsik_oleksandr_fedorovich.html . 29 August 2024 . . uk .
  25. Web site: Kuchma . Leonid . Leonid Kuchma . 18 November 1998 . uk:Про призначення А. Бутейка Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Сполучених Штатах Америки . On the appointment of A. Buteyko as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1274/98#Text . 6 October 2024 . . uk .
  26. Web site: Kuchma . Leonid . Leonid Kuchma . 24 December 1999 . uk:Про звільнення А. Бутейка з посади Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Сполучених Штатах Америки . On the dismissal of A. Buteyko from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1613/99#Text . 6 October 2024 . . uk .
  27. Web site: 11 March 2019 . uk:Умер известный украинский дипломат Антон Бутейко . The famous Ukrainian diplomat Anton Buteyko died . https://atr.ua/news/183967-umer-izvestnyj-ukrainskij-diplomat-anton-butejko . 29 August 2024 . . uk.
  28. Web site: Bash . Dana . Sharpe . Abbie . Parangot . Ann . 16 May 2023 . For Ukraine's ambassador to the US, the work doesn't stop 'until we win' . 29 August 2024 . . en .
  29. Web site: Kuchma . Leonid . Leonid Kuchma . 22 October 1994 . uk:Указ Президента України: Про призначення Ю.Щербака Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Сполучених Штатах Америки . Decree of the President of Ukraine: On the appointment of Y.Shcherbak as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/631/94#Text . 2 September 2024 . . uk .
  30. Web site: Kuchma . Leonid . Leonid Kuchma . 18 November 1998 . uk:Указ Президента України: Про звільнення Ю.Щербака з посад Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Сполучених Штатах Америки та Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Мексиканських Сполучених Штатах . Decree of the President of Ukraine: On the dismissal of Y.Shcherbak from the positions of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Mexican States . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1272/98#Text . 2 September 2024 . . uk .
  31. Web site: uk:Щербак, Юрій Миколайович . Shcherbak, Yuriy Mykolayovych . https://vue.gov.ua/%D0%A9%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BA,_%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 . 29 August 2024 . . . uk .
  32. Web site: Kuchma . Leonid . Leonid Kuchma . 28 January 2000 . uk:Указ Президента України: Про призначення К.Грищенка Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Сполучених Штатах Америки . Decree of the President of Ukraine: On the appointment of K.Gryshchenko as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/107/2000#Text . 2 September 2024 . . uk .
  33. Web site: Kuchma . Leonid . Leonid Kuchma . 2 September 2003 . uk:Указ Президента України: Про звільнення К. Грищенка з посади Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Сполучених Штатах Америки, а також з посади Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Антигуа і Барбуда за сумісництвом . Decree of the President of Ukraine: On the dismissal of K.Gryshchenko from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America, as well as from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Antigua and Barbuda on a part-time basis . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/955/2003#Text . 2 September 2024 . . uk .
  34. Web site: 26 July 2022 . uk:Грищенко Костянтин Іванович . Gryshchenko Kostyantyn Ivanovich . https://lb.ua/file/person/1383_grishchenko_kostyantin_ivanovich.html . 29 August 2024 . . uk .
  35. Web site: Kuchma . Leonid . Leonid Kuchma . 10 November 2003 . uk:Указ Президента України: Про призначення М.Резніка Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Сполучених Штатах Америки . Decree of the President of Ukraine: On the appointment of M.Reznik as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1284/2003#Text . 2 September 2024 . . uk .
  36. Web site: Yushchenko . Viktor . Viktor Yushchenko . 21 June 2005 . uk:Про звільнення М. Резніка з посад Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Сполучених Штатах Америки та Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Анти... . On the dismissal of M. Reznik from the positions of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Anti... . https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=986%2F2005#Text . 29 August 2024 . . uk .
  37. Web site: uk:Резнік Михайло Борисович . Reznik Mykhailo Borisovych . https://ufpa.org.ua/content/reznik-myhaylo-borysovych . 29 August 2024 . Ukrainian Foreign Policy Association . uk, en.
  38. Web site: uk:Корсунський Сергій Володимирович . Korsunsky Sergiy Volodymyrovych . https://japan.mfa.gov.ua/persons/korsunsky-sergiy-volodymyrovych . 29 August 2024 . . . uk .
  39. Web site: Yanukovych . Viktor . Viktor Yanukovych . 12 May 2010 . uk:Указ Президента України №613/2010: Про звільнення О.Шамшура з посад Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Сполучених Штатах Америки, Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Антигуа і Барбуда . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 613/2010: On the dismissal of O.Shamshur from the positions of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Antigua and Barbuda . https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/6132010-11208 . 2 September 2024 . . uk .
  40. Web site: 6 October 2017 . uk:Шамшур Олег Владиславович . Shamshur Oleh Vladislavovich . https://rus.lb.ua/file/person/3974_shamshur_oleg_vladislavovich.html . 29 August 2024 . . uk .
  41. Web site: Nynko . Daria . 10 June 2015 . uk:Чалий: Майбутній посол в США не стане сюрпризом, він вже готує там бізнес-форум . Chaly: The future ambassador to the USA will not be a surprise, he is already preparing a business forum there . http://ukr.segodnya.ua/politics/pnews/chalyy-ne-zhdet-syurpriza-ot-poroshenko-pri-naznachenii-posla-v-ssha-622687.html . 20 June 2015 . . uk . 11 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150711070458/http://ukr.segodnya.ua/politics/pnews/chalyy-ne-zhdet-syurpriza-ot-poroshenko-pri-naznachenii-posla-v-ssha-622687.html . dead .
  42. Web site: Zelenskyy . Volodymyr . Volodymyr Zelenskyy . 19 July 2019 . uk:Указ Президента України №540/2019 Про звільнення В.Чалого з посад Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Сполучених Штатах Америки, Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Антигуа і Барбуді та Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Республіці Тринідад і Тобаго . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 540/2019: On the dismissal of V.Chaly from the positions of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Antigua and Barbuda and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago . https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/5402019-28741 . 30 August 2024 . . uk .
  43. Web site: 15 December 2019 . uk:Чалий Валерій Олексійович . Chaliy Valeriy Oleksiyovych . https://lb.ua/file/person/1421_chaliy_valeriy_oleksiyovich.html . 29 August 2024 . . uk .
  44. Web site: Zelenskyy . Volodymyr . Volodymyr Zelenskyy . 18 December 2019 . uk:Указ Президента України №911/2019 Про призначення В.Єльченка Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Сполучених Штатах Америки . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 911/2019 On the appointment of V.Yelchenko as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America . https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/9112019-31305 . 30 August 2024 . . uk .
  45. Web site: Zelenskyy . Volodymyr . Volodymyr Zelenskyy . 25 February 2021 . uk:Указ Президента України №74/2021: Про звільнення В.Єльченка з посад Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Сполучених Штатах Америки, Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Антигуа і Барбуді та Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Ямайці . Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 74/2021: On the dismissal of V.Yelchenko from the positions of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Antigua and Barbuda, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Jamaica . https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/742021-36837 . 2 September 2024 . . uk .
  46. Web site: 19 December 2020 . uk:Єльченко Володимир Юрійович . Yelchenko Volodymyr Yuriyovych . https://lb.ua/file/person/3158_ielchenko_volodimir_yuriyovich.html . 29 August 2024 . . uk .
  47. Web site: Oksana Markarova . 7 October 2024 . . . en.

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