Yevhen Volodymyrovych Yenin (, sometimes Yevheniy, ; 19 November 1980 – 18 January 2023) was a Ukrainian diplomat and lawyer who served as the Deputy

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from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2023.Monastyrsky presented a new team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
,

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(international legal cooperation) 2016–2019 and as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2020–2021).

Early life and education

Yenin was born on 19 November 1980 in

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(then named Dnipropetrovsk),

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(now

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). He graduated from the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine in 2002. In 2012 he also graduated from the State university of finance and international trade. He held a Ph.D. in political science on

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n settlement. Besides his native Ukrainian and Russian, Yenin was also fluent in English, Romanian and Italian.

Professional career

From 2002 until 2005, Yenin was an Operative in the

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and the

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. From 2005 until 2009, he was responsible for Transnistrian settlement, the Embassy of Ukraine to Moldova. From 2010 until 2012, he was Head of unit for Romania, Moldova and the Balkans, the

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. From 2012 until 2016, he worked as Deputy chief of mission, Counselor, Minister-Counselor, the Embassy of Ukraine to the Italian Republic. From 2016 until 2019, Yenin served as Deputy

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(international legal cooperation). From July 2019 until April 2020, Yenin held the office of deputy executive director, Ukrainian Institute for the Future, Expert-Consultant to the Standing Committee of the

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(the parliament of Ukraine) on law enforcement activity. On 21 May 2020, Yenin was appointed the Agent of Ukraine in Dispute Concerning the Detention of Ukrainian Naval Vessels and Servicemen (Ukraine v. the Russian Federation).

Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine

Yenin was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on 15 April 2020. In the Foreign Ministry was in charge of Ukraine's policy in

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. He represented Ukraine in international disputes against the Russian Federation and negotiations with Iran over the downing of the plane PS 752. Member of the Commission under the

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. On 31 August 2021, he was dismissed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, in anticipation of his appointment as First Deputy Interior Minister of Ukraine.

First Deputy Interior Minister of Ukraine

On 6 September 2021, Yenin was appointed First Deputy

under Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky.

Death

Yevhen, along with the Minister of Interior, Denys Monastyrsky, and Secretary of State of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yurii Lubkovych, were killed in a

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on 18 January 2023 in

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, an eastern suburb of the capital

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. The helicopter hit a kindergarten as it crashed, and a child was among the 14 killed. At least 25 others were injured. In April 2024 the city of

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renamed Bakulina Street in Yenin's honour.

Recognition

* Order for Merit, third class (2017)

References

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