Ihor Ostash
Ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon
Assumed office
23 August 2016
President
Preceded byVitaliy Borovko
Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada
In office
11 September 2006 – 16 June 2011
President
Preceded byMykola Maimeskul
Succeeded byMarko Shevchenko
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
11 May 1994 – 25 May 2006
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded by
  • Constituency abolished (1998, 2006)
  • Ivan Havryliuk (2002)
Constituency
Personal details
Born (1959-08-04) 4 August 1959
Duliby, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyReforms and Order Party (since 1998)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materUniversity of Lviv

Ihor Ivanovych Ostash (Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Осташ; born 4 August 1959) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician currently serving as ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon since 2016, previously serving as ambassador of Ukraine to Canada from 2006 to 2011. He also served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Lviv Oblast from 1994 to 2006. He is a member of the Reforms and Order Party.

Early life and education

Ihor Ostash was born on 4 August 1959 in the village of Duliby (Lviv Oblast, Ukraine). Ostash 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.[2]

Professional career

From 1986 to 1994, Ostash was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine's Oleksandr 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 Ostash was a People's Deputy of Ukraine, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2002. He was Vice President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1999–2005). Member of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (2001–2003).

From 2006[3][4] to 2011[5] – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Canada and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Since 23 August 2016[6] – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in the Lebanese Republic.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Осташ Ігор Іванович" [Ostash, Ihor Ivanovych]. Officials of Ukraine Today (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Embassy of Ukraine in the Lebanese Republic
  3. ↑ DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE N 748/2006 Про призначення І. Осташа Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Канаді
  4. ↑ DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE N 897/2006 Про призначення І. Осташа Представником України при Міжнародній організації цивільної авіації (ІКАО)
  5. ↑ DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE N 669/2011 Про звільнення І. Осташа з посад Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Канаді та Представника України при Міжнародній організації цивільної авіації (ІКАО)
  6. ↑ DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE № 351/2016 Про призначення І.Осташа Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Ліванській Республіці
  7. ↑ Ihor Ostash, Ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanese Republic gave an interview to Lebanese TV channel Mariame TV
  8. ↑ Ihor Ostash, Q&A with Ukrainian Ambassador to Lebanon
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