Yevhen Petrovych Perebyinis (Ukrainian: Євген Петрович Перебийніс; born 9 November 1968), is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician who is currently the deputy minister of foreign affairs since 27 July 2022. who was the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Czech Republic from 23 January 2017 to 9 July 2022. Perebyinis had served as the Ambassador to Latvia from 2015 to 2017, and the Ambassador to Sweden from 2008 to 2011.

Biography

Perebyinis was born on 9 November 1968 in

Ternopil Ternopil, known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia. The populatio ...

. He 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 1992. He speaks four foreign languages:

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

and Slovak. From 1992 to 1994, he was an Attaché, Third, Second Secretary of the Information 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 ...

. From 1994 to 1998, he was the Second, then promoted First Secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Czech Republic. From 1998 to 2000, he was the Senior Consultant, Chief Consultant, Deputy Head of the Department of the Main Directorate for Foreign Policy of the Administration of the President of Ukraine. From 2000 to 2001, he was the Counselor of the Embassy of Ukraine in Greece. From 2001 to 2004, he was the Counselor of the Embassy of Ukraine in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. From 2004 to 2005, he was the Deputy Head of the Main Department for Foreign Policy of the Administration of the President of Ukraine. From 2005 to 2006, he was the Deputy Head of the Main Foreign Policy Service, and then the Head of the Department of Bilateral and Regional Cooperation of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine. From 2006 to 2008, he was the Consul General of Ukraine in

Prešov Prešov () is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region () and Šariš. With a population of approximately 85,000 for the city, and in total more than 100,000 with the urban area, it is the second-largest city i ...

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. On 29 August 2008 to 11 November 2011, Perebyinis was the 6th Ambassador to Sweden. From 2012 to 2013, he was an Ambassador and Plenipotentiary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. In January 2013, he was the acting Director of the Information Policy Department, and a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. In June 2013, he officially became the Director of the Information Policy Department. In July 2014, he became the Deputy Director of the Department of Policy and Communications, Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. As Deputy Director of the agency, Perebyinis made a number of high-profile statements in the media, in particular, he denied the Russians the right to be called the indigenous people of Ukraine, and the CIS, in his opinion, is a "puppet formation.". On 10 May 2015, Perebyinis became the 7th Ambassador to Latvia. On 23 January 2017, Perbyinis became the 7th Ambassador of Ukraine to the Czech Republic. On 28 May 2022, he was involved in Embrace Ukraine. Strengthen the Union program, stating, "The majority of EU citizens – 71% - believe that Ukraine is part of the European family. However, it is important that politicians also hear the voice of their citizens and make the necessary decision on the legal consolidation of Ukraine's status. This will be a significant step towards our victory for a free, European future for Ukraine. Ukraine is Europe! Europe is Ukraine!"

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