List of ambassadors of Ukraine to the United States
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America (Ukrainian: Надзвичайний і Повноважний посол України в США) is the ambassador of Ukraine to the United States. Since December 2019, the ambassador is Volodymyr Yelchenko.
| Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Nominator | Volodymyr Zelensky |
| Inaugural holder | Oleh Bilorus as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
| Formation | January 3, 1992 |
| Website | Ukraine Embassy - Washington D.C. |
The first Ukrainian ambassador to the United States assumed his post in 1992, the same year the Ukrainian Embassy, Washington, D.C., was opened.
List of ambassadors
Ukrainian People's Republic
- 1918–1919 – Yevhen Holitsynsky (Євген Голіцинський)
- 1919–1921 – Yulian Bachynsky (Юліан Бачинський)
Ukraine
President Barack Obama Welcomes Ambassador Olexander Motsyk of Ukraine
- 1992—1994 – Oleh Bilorus (Білорус Олег)
- 1994—1998 – Yuriy Shcherbak (Щербак Юрій)
- 1998—1999 – Anton Buteyko (Бутейко Антон)
- 2000—2003 – Kostyantyn Hryshchenko (Грищенко Костянтин)
- 2003—2005 – Mykhailo Reznik (Резнік Михайло)
- 2005—2010 – Oleh Shamshur (Шамшур Олег)
- 2010–2015 – Olexander Motsyk (Олександр Моцик)
- 2015–2019 – Valeriy Chaly (Валерій Чалий)[1][2]
- 2019 – Volodymyr Yelchenko (Володимир Єльченко)[3][4]
See also
- Ukrainian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
- United States Ambassador to Ukraine
References
- "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 409/2015". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 540/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- "Decree of the President of Ukraine № 911/2019". Office of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- Margaret Besheer (19 December 2019). "Ukraine Names Veteran Diplomat as New US Envoy". Voice of America. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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