Ihor Yuriyovych Kyzym ( uk, Ігор Юрійович Кизим, born 20 August 1961) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * Som ...

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Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...

Education

Ihor Kyzym graduated from

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

in 1987, master's Degree in International Relations.

Career

In 1987-1994, he was engaged in private law practice. In 1994-1995, he was a Researcher at the Ukrainian Center for International Security. In 1995-1996, he trained at the Department of Europe and America of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство закордонних справ України) is the ministry of the Ukrainian government that oversees the foreign relations of Ukraine. The head of the ministry is t ...

. From 1996 to 2000 - First Secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

. From 2001 to 2003 - First Secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...

. From 2004 to 2007 - Advisor to the Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Member of the Ukrainian part of the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Georgian Commission on Military and Technical Cooperation. From 2007 to 2011 - Advisor to the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada. In 2011-2013, Head of

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

, Department of International Security and Disarmament,

. Member of the Ukrainian delegation to participate in the negotiations within the framework of the

OSCE The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization with observer status at the United Nations. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, prom ...

Forum on Security Cooperation, the Joint Consultative Group established under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, and the Open Skies Advisory Commission In 2013-2014 - Deputy Director of the Department of International Security of the

. From October to December 2014, acting Director of the Department of International Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. He participated in the 69th session of the

United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; french: link=no, Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Cur ...

. From January 2015 to December 2015, he is a Chargé d'Affaires for

in the

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. In 2016-2017, he is a Counselor to the Embassy of Ukraine in the United Kingdom. From 20 February 2017 to 22 Jun 2023, Ambassador in the

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Belarus.Belarus enables necessary conditions for Ukrainian migrants – envoy
/ref> He was dismissed from this position by presidential decree.

References

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