Ihor Ostash


Ihor Ostash is a Ukrainian diplomat, who has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine.

Early life and education

Ihor Ostash was born on August 4, 1959 in the village of Duliby. Batiuk graduated from Lviv Ivan Franko State University, Slavic Department of the Philological Faculty. Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Post-graduate Studies ; Harvard University Post-doctorate studies ; Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Law Faculty . Ph.D. in Philology. Languages: Ukrainian, English, French, Czech, Polish, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Russian.

Professional career

From 1986 to 1994 – Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Olexander 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 – Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, MP Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs ; Vice President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Member of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union .
From 2006 to 2011 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Canada and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Since August 23, 2016 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in the Lebanese Republic.

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