Preceded by Ihor Kharchenko Succeeded by Natalia Galibarenko Succeeded by Yaroslav Koval | Preceded by Volodymyr Ohryzko Name Volodymyr Khandohiy Succeeded by Petro Poroshenko | |
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Education Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | ||
Preceded by Kostiantyn Hryshchenko | ||
Volodymyr Dmytrovych Khandohiy (Ukrainian: Володимир Дмитрович Хандогій) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician. Khandohiy was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for six months in 2009.
Biography
Volodymyr Khandohiy graduated from the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv and started his diplomatic career in 1975. Khandohiy is a former Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg (2000-2005) and the Netherlands (2000-2002) and a former Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO (2000-2005). Between 1995 and 1998 and from December 27, 2005 till his appointment as acting Minister he was a Deputy Foreign Minister.
Khandohiy was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, after (on March 3, 2009) his predecessor Volodymyr Ohryzko was fired by the Ukrainian Parliament. On 9 October 2009 this parliament appointed Petro Poroshenko as foreign minister.
In 2012 he said that Yevhen Khytrov was a victim of bad refereeing at the 20123 London Olympics.
Khandohiy is married, and has a son and daughter.