Ihor Ostash
Ihor Ostash (Ukrainian: Осташ Ігор Іванович; born 4 August 1959) is a Ukrainian diplomat, who has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine.
Ihor Ostash Осташ Ігор Іванович | |
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Ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon | |
Assumed office 23 August 2016 | |
President | Petro Poroshenko |
Preceded by | Vitaliy Borovko |
Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada | |
In office 11 September 2006 – 16 June 2011 | |
President | Viktor Yushchenko |
Preceded by | Mykola Maimeskul |
Succeeded by | Marko Shevchenko |
Personal details | |
Born | Duliby, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR | 4 August 1959
Alma mater | University of Lviv |
Early life and education
Ihor Ostash was born on August 4, 1959 in the village of Duliby (Lviv Oblast, Ukraine). Batiuk graduated from Lviv Ivan Franko State University (Ukraine), Slavic Department of the Philological Faculty (1982). Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Post-graduate Studies (1985); Harvard University (United States) Post-doctorate studies (1993); Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine), Law Faculty (1998). Ph.D. in Philology (1986). Languages: Ukrainian, English, French, Czech, Polish, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Russian.[1]
Professional career
From 1986 to 1994 – Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Olexander Potebnya Institute of Linguistics, researcher Department of Literature, Language and Art in the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences, academic secretary International School of Ukrainian Studies, director
From 1994 to 2006 – Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, MP Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2000–2002); Vice President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1999–2005). Member of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (2001–2003).
From 2006[2][3] to 2011[4] – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Canada and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Since August 23, 2016[5] – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in the Lebanese Republic.[6][7]
Diplomatic rank
References
- Embassy of Ukraine in the Lebanese Republic
- DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE N 748/2006 Про призначення І. Осташа Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Канаді
- DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE N 897/2006 Про призначення І. Осташа Представником України при Міжнародній організації цивільної авіації (ІКАО)
- DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE N 669/2011 Про звільнення І. Осташа з посад Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Канаді та Представника України при Міжнародній організації цивільної авіації (ІКАО)
- DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE № 351/2016 Про призначення І.Осташа Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Ліванській Республіці
- Ihor Ostash, Ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanese Republic gave an interview to Lebanese TV channel Mariame TV
- Ihor Ostash, Q&A with Ukrainian Ambassador to Lebanon