Andrii Sybiha | |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Office: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Predecessor: | Dmytro Kuleba |
President: | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
Primeminister: | Denys Shmyhal |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1975 |
Birth Place: | Zboriv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
Alma Mater: | University of Lviv |
Occupation: | Politician, diplomat |
Termstart: | 5 September 2024 |
Office1: | Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine |
Term Start1: | 31 May 2021 |
Termend1: | 12 April 2024 |
President1: | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
Andrii Ivanovych Sybiha (uk|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 5 September 2024.[2]
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.
From 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 23 August 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]
On 31 May 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]