Ihor Ivanovych Ostash (; 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 The ambassador of Ukraine to Canada () is the ambassador, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from Ukraine to Canada. History Canada became the first Western power to recognize the independence of Ukraine on 2 December 1991. Diplomatic ...

from 2006 to 2011. He also served as a

People's Deputy of Ukraine A people's deputy of Ukraine (, ) is a member of parliament and legislator elected by Direct election, popular vote to the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine. They are often referred to simply as "deputies". Prior to 1991, the Verkhovna R ...

from

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from 1994 to 2006. He is a member of the

Reforms and Order Party Party Reform and Order () was a liberal political party in Ukraine.

Early life and education

Ihor Ostash was born on 4 August 1959 in the village of Duliby (

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

). Ostash graduated from Lviv Ivan Franko State University (

), Slavic Department of the Philological Faculty (1982). Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Post-graduate Studies (1985);

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(

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) Post-doctorate studies (1993);

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (; also known as Kyiv University, Shevchenko University, or KNU) is a public university in Kyiv, Ukraine. The university is the third-oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and ...

(

), Law Faculty (1998). Ph.D. in Philology (1986). Languages: Ukrainian, English, French, Czech, Polish, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Russian.

Professional career

From 1986 to 1994, Ostash was a member of the

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'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

, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2002. He was Vice President of the

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(1999–2005). Member of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (2001–2003). From 2006 to 2011 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Canada and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the

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(

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). Since 23 August 2016 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

in the

Lebanese Republic Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

.Ihor Ostash, Q&A with Ukrainian Ambassador to Lebanon
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References

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