| Ihor Ostash | |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Office: | Ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon |
| Term Start: | 23 August 2016 |
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| Predecessor: | Vitaliy Borovko |
| Office1: | Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada |
| Term Start1: | 11 September 2006 |
| Term End1: | 16 June 2011 |
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| Predecessor1: | Mykola Maimeskul |
| Successor1: | Marko Shevchenko |
| Office2: | People's Deputy of Ukraine |
| Term Start2: | 11 May 1994 |
| Term End2: | 25 May 2006 |
| Predecessor2: | Constituency established |
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| Birth Date: | 1959 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Duliby, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Party: | Reforms and Order Party (since 1998) |
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| Alma Mater: | University of Lviv |
Ihor Ivanovych Ostash (Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Осташ; born 4 August 1959) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician currently serving as ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon since 2016, previously serving as ambassador of Ukraine to Canada from 2006 to 2011. He also served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Lviv Oblast from 1994 to 2006. He is a member of the Reforms and Order Party.
Ihor Ostash was born on 4 August 1959 in the village of Duliby (Lviv Oblast, Ukraine). Ostash graduated from Lviv Ivan Franko State University (Ukraine), Slavic Department of the Philological Faculty (1982). Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Post-graduate Studies (1985); Harvard University (United States) Post-doctorate studies (1993); Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine), Law Faculty (1998). Ph.D. in Philology (1986). Languages: Ukrainian, English, French, Czech, Polish, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Russian.[2]
From 1986 to 1994, Ostash was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine's Oleksandr Potebnya Institute of Linguistics, researcher Department of Literature, Language and Art in the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences, academic secretary International School of Ukrainian Studies, director.
From 1994 to 2006 Ostash was a People's Deputy of Ukraine, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2002. He was Vice President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1999–2005). Member of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (2001–2003).
From 2006[3] [4] to 2011[5] – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Canada and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Since 23 August 2016[6] – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in the Lebanese Republic.[7] [8]