Succeeded by Valeriy Kuchynsky Preceded by Yuriy Polurez Preceded by Yuriy Polurez | Succeeded by Yevhen Chornobryvko Name Volodymyr Yelchenko Parents Jurij Jelczenko | |
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Education Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | ||
Volodymyr yelchenko ukraine on ukraine other topics media stakeout 5 september 2017
Volodymyr Yelchenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Єльченко; born June 27, 1959 in Kiev, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union) Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations since December 9, 2015. and a former Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia from July 2010 until he was recalled for consultations in March 2014.
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Biography
Yelchenko was born in Kiev in 1959, the son of the Minister of Culture (1971-1973) Yuriy Nykyforovych Yelchenko. Volodymyr graduated from the Faculty of International Relations and International Law at Kyiv State University in 1981. Since 1981 he has worked in the diplomatic service of Ukraine. Between 1997 and 2000 he acted as Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations in New York, USA. From December 2000 till his next post he served at various senior posts within the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine. In 2005 - 2006 he was Ukraine's Ambassador to Austria, in 2006 - 2010 Mr. Yelchenko served as Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Organisations in Vienna, Austria. Since 2010 Volodymyr Yelchenko serves as Ambassador of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.
On 17 March 2014, during the 2014 Crimean crisis, Yelchenko was recalled from Moscow for consultations in regards to situation with Crimea. Since then Ukraine’s highest diplomatic representation in Russia is its temporary chargé d'affaires.
On December 9, 2015 Yelchenko was appointed Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.
