Wladimir Jeltschenko

Biography of Wladimir Jeltschenko

Date of Birth: June 27, 1959

Place of Birth. Education. Born in Kyiv. In 1981, he graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Faculty of International Relations and International Law).

Career. 1981-1984 - Third and Second Secretary of the Protocol Office of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

1984-1986 - Second Secretary of the Office for International Organizations of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

1986-1992 - Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations.

1992-1993 - First Secretary, Deputy Head of the Office for International Organizations of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

1993 - Observer for public affairs of the UN peacekeeping forces in the former Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR), Croatia.

1993-1995 - Deputy Head of the Department for International Organizations of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

1995-1997 - Head of the Department for International Organizations of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

1997-2000 - Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.

2000-2001 - Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Security Council.

2000-2001 - Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Anatoliy Zlenko.

2001-2003 - Deputy Secretary of State of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2003 - Secretary of State of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2003-2005 - First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine (Konstantin Gryshchenko) - Head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs apparatus.

2005-2008 - Special and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Austria, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to International Organizations in Vienna.

2008-2010 - Permanent Representative of Ukraine to International Organizations in Vienna.

From July 2010 to December 2015 - Special and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (appointed by decree of the Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych).

Since December 9, 2015 - Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations in New York.

Since January 1, 2016 - Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Security Council.

On June 5, 2018, the permanent representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Wladimir Jeltschenko was elected Vice President of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly.

On May 11, 2019, President Petro Poroshenko appointed the permanent representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Wladimir Jeltschenko as Special and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Jamaica.

On December 18, 2019, President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Wladimir Jeltschenko as Special and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA. On February 25, 2021, he was relieved of his duties as ambassador.

June 24, 2022