Mariana Betsa (; born 1 January 1978) is a Ukrainian

diplomat A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one ...

. MFA of Ukraine Spokesperson.

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Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

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Early life and education

She was born in

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, on 1 January 1978. Betsa graduated from

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 ...

in 1999. She holds a PhD in International Law, and is an English translator.

Professional career and experience

At the diplomatic service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2001. In 2001-2005 and 2009-2012 Mariana worked at diplomatic positions in the Contracting-Law Department of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (, ) is the ministry of the Ukrainian government that oversees the foreign relations of Ukraine. The head of the ministry is the Minister of Foreign Affairs. History Originally, the ministry was estab ...

. Betsa worked twice abroad: from 2005 to 2009 at the Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and from 2012 to June 2015 at the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the international organizations in

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(OSCE issue). During her time at the Foreign Ministry, she was trained at the

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, the Clingendhal Institute of International Relations (

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) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the

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. Mariana is a specialist on international law, human rights, and the

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. From 13 September 2018Decree of the President of Ukraine № 282/2018 Про призначення М.Беци Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Естонській Республіці
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References

External links

Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Estonia

Interview of Spokesperson for the MFA of Ukraine Mariana Betsa at Ukrainian state foreign language broadcaster UATV.

Mariana Betsa: US fully supports territorial integrity of Ukraine

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