Oleksii Sergiiovich Makeiev (born in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

) is a Ukrainian diplomat who has been serving as Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany under President

Volodymyr Zelenskyy Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after the start of the Russo-Ukraini ...

since .

Early life and education

Oleksii Makeiev was born on in

. He graduated from the Institute of International Relations at

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 1997.

Career

Makeiev began his diplomatic career at the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...

in 1996. Prior to 2014, he worked at Ukraine's diplomatic missions in Germany and Switzerland. He was made political director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in 2014. As political director, he was involved in the negotiation of the

Minsk agreements The Minsk agreements were a series of international agreements which sought to end the Donbas war fought between armed Russian separatist groups and Armed Forces of Ukraine, with Russian regular forces playing a central part. After a defe ...

with Russia, Germany, and France. In 2020, he became the special representative for sanctions policy.

Personal life

Oleksii Makeiev is married to Olena Makeieva, who was deputy minister of finance from 2015 to 2016. They have one daughter. Makeiev is fluent in English, German, and Russian. He can also speak French and Spanish.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Makeiev, Oleksii 1975 births Living people 21st-century diplomats Ambassadors of Ukraine to Germany Diplomats from Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of International Relations alumni