Ihor Prokopchuk Explained

Ihor Prokopchuk
Office:Ambassador of Ukraine to Romania
Term Start:4 May 2022[1]
Predecessor:Paun Rohoveii (acting)
Office1:Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the international organizations in Vienna
Term Start1:2010
Term End1:2019
Predecessor1:Volodymyr Yelchenko[2]
Office2:Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania
Term Start2:15 April 2008
Term End2:2010
Predecessor2:Borys Klimchuk
Successor2:Serhiy Popyk (acting)
Birth Date:3 March 1968
Birth Place:Korosten, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)[3]
Children:2
Alma Mater:Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Native Name Lang:uk

Ihor Vasilyovich Prokopchuk (Ukrainian: Ігор Васильович Прокопчук; 3 March 1968)[4] is a Ukrainian diplomat.

Early life

Ihor Prokopchuk is the younger brother of Russian police major general Alexander Prokopchuk, who serves as Vice President of Interpol.[5]

He graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 1992.

Career

He started his diplomatic career in 1992 as an attaché at the Department of Information, Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

From 2008 until 2010 he was Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania.

Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the international organizations in Vienna[6] since 2010, he is the head of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the OSCE.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Про призначення І. Прокопчука Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Румунії . 2023-06-20 . Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України . uk.
  2. http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148&listid=122285 Volodymyr Yelchenko appointed Ukrainian ambassador to the Russian Federation
  3. Web site: Можливе призначення росіянина на посаду Голови Інтерполу обростає новими подробицями. 20 November 2018.
  4. Web site: Mr. Ihor Prokopchuk.
  5. News: Brother of Russia's candidate for Interpol chief represents Ukraine at OSCE – media.
  6. News: Ukraine says new law doesn’t restrict minority language rights.