Borys Tarasyuk
Borys Tarasyuk | |
|---|---|
Борис Тарасюк | |
Tarasyuk in 2004 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 17 April 1998 – 29 September 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Hennadiy Udovenko |
| Succeeded by | Anatoliy Zlenko |
| In office 4 February 2005 – 30 January 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Kostiantyn Hryshchenko |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Ohryzko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Borys Ivanovych Tarasyuk 1 January 1949 Dzerzhynsk, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Batkivshchina (2013–) People's Movement of Ukraine (former Chairman) |
Borys Ivanovych Tarasyuk (Ukrainian: Борис Іванович Тарасюк; born 1 January 1949) is a Ukrainian politician who twice served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and a former MP who is since December 2019 Ukraine's permanent representative to the Council of Europe.
Tarasyuk studied international relations and international law at National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, and graduated in 1975. Besides Ukrainian, he is fluent in English, French and Russian. As of 2012, Tarasyuk is a sitting member of the International Honorary Council of the European Academy of Diplomacy. He is a Senior Network Member at the European Leadership Network (ELN).