Andrii Sybiha | |
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Андрій Сибіга | |
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine | |
Assumed office May 31, 2021 | |
President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
Personal details | |
Born | Zboriv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR | 1 January 1975
Alma mater | University of Lviv |
Occupation | politician, diplomat |
Awards | |
Andrii Sybiha (Ukrainian: Андрій Іванович Сибіга; born 1 January 1975) is a Ukrainian statesman, diplomat, and jurist who is currently the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.[1]
Andrii Sybiha was born in Zboriv, Ternopil Oblast.[2] In 1997, he graduated from University of Lviv, as a specialist in international relations. He is fluent in English and Polish.[citation needed]
In 1997—1998, he was an attache, third, second secretary of the department of state and legal issues of the Contract and Legal Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
In 1998—2002, he was the second and first secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Poland.
In 2002—2003, he was the first secretary of the legal and humanitarian cooperation department of the European Integration Office of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
In 2003—2005, he was the head of the international legal cooperation department of the Contract and Legal Department of MFA Ukraine.
In 2005—2006, he was the head of the Department of International Law and Legislation in the Field of Foreign Policy of the Contract Law Department of MFA of Ukraine.
In 2006—2008, he was the deputy director of the Contractual and Legal Department of MFA of Ukraine.
In 2008—2012, he was an adviser-envoy of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Poland.
In 2012—2016, he was the director of the Consular Service Department of MFA of Ukraine.
On August 23, 2016, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Turkey.[3] On May 19, 2021, he was dismissed from his post by the decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[4]
Since May 31, 2021, he is the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.[5] (On 11 February 2020 Andriy Yermak had been appointed Head of the President's Office.[6])