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
Ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon
Assumed office
23 August 2016
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Preceded byVitaliy Borovko
Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada
In office
11 September 2006  16 June 2011
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byMykola Maimeskul
Succeeded byMarko Shevchenko
Personal details
Born (1959-08-04) 4 August 1959
Duliby, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Alma materUniversity of Lviv

Early life and education

Ihor Ostash was born on 4 August 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 23 August 2016[5] – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in the Lebanese Republic.[6][7]

Diplomatic rank

References

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