Andriy Melnyk (politician)

For the 20th century Ukrainian military and political leader, see Andriy Melnyk.
Andriy Melnyk
Андрій Мельник
Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany
Assumed office
20 December 2014
President Petro Poroshenko
Preceded by Pavlo Klimkin
Personal details
Born (1975-09-07)September 7, 1975
Lviv
Nationality  Ukraine
Alma mater Lviv University
Profession diplomat

Andriy Melnyk is a Ukrainian diplomat and politicians who is since 20 December 2014 the Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany.[1]

Biography

Melnyk was born in 1975 in Lviv.[2] He started his diplomatic career in 1999 as second and then first secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in Austria; he left this Embassy in 2003.[2] Between 2005 and 2007 Melnyk worked as an advisor to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.[2] From the till 2012 he was Consul of Ukraine in Hamburg.[1][2] Between 2012 and 2014 Melnyk worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.[2] In March 2014 he was appointed Deputy Minister of in the first Yatsenyuk Government responsible for European integration.[2][3] On 20 December 2014 a decree by President Petro Poroshenko appointed Melnyk Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany.[1]

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