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Volodymyr Yuriyovich Yelchenko (; born June 27, 1959) is a Ukrainian diplomat. His latest post was the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, from December 2019 until February 2021. Previously to this appointment (as Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S), he was the
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since December 9, 2015.Ex-envoy to UN Sergeyev quits the foreign service, becomes retiree
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(9 February 2016)
and was formerly Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia from July 2010 until he was recalled for consultations in March 2014.Volodymyr Yelchenko appointed Ukrainian ambassador to the Russian Federation
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Biography

Yelchenko was born in Kyiv in 1959, the son of the
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(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
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in New York, US. 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. From 2010 Volodymyr Yelchenko served as Ambassador of Ukraine to the Russian Federation. On 17 March 2014, Yelchenko was recalled from
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for consultations in regards to the
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.Ukraine recalls Moscow ambassador for consultations
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(17 March 2014)
Ukraine's chargé d'affaires succeeded him as the highest diplomatic representation in Russia.Ukraine's diplomat: Non-approval of Russia's ambassador doesn't mean full diplomatic break
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On December 9, 2015, Yelchenko was appointed
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where he served until being appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States on December 19, 2019. On 25 February 2021
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appointed
Oksana Markarova Oksana Serhiyivna Markarova (; born 28 October 1976) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian politician and the current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States since February 2021. Markarova is also a former Ministry of Finance (Ukraine), Minister of Finance ...
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Markarova became Ukraine's new ambassador to the United States
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(25 February 2021)
By a decree of 25 February 2021, Zelensky dismissed Yelchenko from the post of ambassador to the
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See also

* Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow * Embassy of Ukraine, Washington, D.C. *
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