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UNIS/BIO/1240
23 July 2019

New Permanent Representative of Ukraine presents Credentials

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)

VIENNA, 23 July (UN Information Service) - The new Permanent Representative of Ukraineto the United Nations (Vienna), Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk, presented his credentials today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Yury Fedotov.

During his career, Mr. Tsymbaliuk, has served in various capacities, among them:

Deputy Director-General, Department for International Organizations, (Head of the OSCE Division), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2019); First Deputy Head of the Directorate of Strategic Planning and Operational Support of the Administration of the President of Ukraine (2018- 2019); Ambassador to Tanzania (2016-2018); Ambassador to Kenya, Rwanda and the Comoros and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Nairobi (2015-2018); Deputy Director-General of the Secretariat of the Minister for Foreign Affairs - Head of the Multilateral Cooperation Division (2014-2015); Deputy Head of Ukraine's OSCE Chairmanship Task Force and Deputy Director-General of the Secretariat of the Minister for Foreign Affairs (2012-2013); Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2010-2012); Counsellor, Permanent Mission to the United Nations (2008-2010); Head of Division, Territorial Department dealing with Russian Federation and CIS issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006-2008); First Secretary, Counsellor, Delegation of Ukraine to the OSCE, Vienna (2002-2006); First Secretary, Counsellor, Department for Policy Planning and Analysis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1999-2002); Second Secretary, Embassy in Finland (1996-1999); Attaché, Third Secretary, Second Secretary, Secretariat of the Minister for Foreign Affairs (1994-1996); Attaché, Department of Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1993-1994).

Mr. Tsymbaliuk holds a Master's Degree in German Language Education from the Kyiv National Linguistics University and a Master's Degree in History from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

He is married and has one child.

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