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Andrii Sybiha was born in Zboriv, Ternopil Oblast. In 1997, he graduated from University of Lviv, as a specialist in international relations. He is fluent in English and Polish.[1]
Career
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 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.
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]
At the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Sybiha was among the first to announce Ukraine's formal application to join the European Union. Following the resignation of foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba in September 2024, he was appointed by president Zelenskyy to succeed him. His appointment passed in the Verkhovna Rada with 258 votes.[2]
Awards
Order of Merit, Third Class (August 21, 2020) — for a significant personal contribution to state building, socio-economic, scientific-technical, cultural-educational development of Ukraine, significant labor achievements and high professionalism[7]
Order of Merit, Second Class (December 22, 2021) — for significant personal contribution to strengthening international cooperation of Ukraine, many years of fruitful diplomatic activity and high professionalism[8]