Vadym Prystaiko

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Vadym Prystaiko
Вадим Пристайко
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MFA UA Logo trident.svg   Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom   Flag of United Kingdom.svg
Assumed office
20 July 2020
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byNatalia Galibarenko
Deputy Prime Minister
on matters of European relations
In office
4 March 2020 – 4 June 2020[1]
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byDmytro Kuleba
Succeeded byOlha Stefanyshyna[1]
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
29 August 2019 – 4 March 2020
Prime MinisterOleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded byPavlo Klimkin
Succeeded byDmytro Kuleba
MFA UA Logo trident.svg   Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada   Flag of Canada.svg
In office
8 November 2012 – 26 November 2014
Preceded byIhor Ostash
Succeeded byAndriy Shevchenko
MFA UA Logo trident.svg   Ambassador of Ukraine to NATO   Flag of NATO.svg
In office
7 July 2017 – 29 August 2019
Preceded byYehor Bozhok
Personal details
Born (1970-02-20) 20 February 1970 (age 51)
Kiliya, Odessa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materIgor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

Vadym Volodymyrovych Prystaiko (Ukrainian: Вадим Володимирович Пристайко; born on February 20, 1970) is a Ukrainian diplomat, and Ukraine's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom. He was appointed by President Volodymyr Zelensky on 20 July 2020.[2][3]

Prystaiko is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine[4] and former Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine. Between 2014 and 2019, he was also the Ukrainian ambassador to Canada between 2012 and 2014 and the head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO (July 7, 2017). In May 2019 Prystaiko served as the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration who was responsible for foreign policy issues.[5][6] He is an NSDC member (since May 31, 2019).[7] He is also Vice-Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine (from March 4, 2020, to June 4, 2020).

Biography[]

Prystaiko was born on 20 February 1970 in the city of Kiliya (Odesa Oblast), Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He went to school in Odesa, Kyiv, and Zaporizhia. Eventually, the family settled in Kyiv.

In 1994, Prystaiko graduated cum laude from the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute's Faculty of Computer Science. In 1998, he received a master's degree from the Ukrainian State University of Finance and International Trade. He is fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, and English.

Prystaiko began his career in the private business sector. He was a co-founder of one of the first Ukrainian Internet providers and electronic media Electronni Visti.

In 1994, following his family's tradition of government service, he obtained a position at the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of Ukraine. At that time, the Ministry was expanding rapidly as Ukraine began to negotiate with GATT/WTO.

In 1997, he took a position in the economic section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, where he tried to develop trade with Asian countries. It was the most important task because, at that time, the Ministry initiated negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the GATT / WTO and started to look for new opportunities for Ukrainian business in the markets, especially in Africa and Asia. In 1997, he moved to the Asia-Pacific Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 2000, Prystaiko became a consul to Sydney, Australia where he was involved in political and economic issues.

Since 2002, he worked in the Foreign Policy Directorate of the Administration of the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma.

In December 2004, Vadym Prystaiko was appointed as a political counselor to the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada. Two years later, he became the acting chargé d'affaires (temporary counsel for Ukraine in Canada).

In 2007, he was a part of Ukraine's NATO negotiating team and served as the Deputy Director-General for NATO in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 2009, he became Deputy Chief of the Mission at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington D.C.

On November 8, 2012, the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich appointed Prystaiko as Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada.[8][9] He became also a Ukrainian representative in the International Civil Aviation Organisation.[10]

Prystaiko meets with U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo in Kyiv, Ukraine on January 31, 2020.

In December 2014, he was named Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the apparatus under Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.[11]

He was Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO (July 7, 2017 – August 29, 2019).

On May 22, 2019, Prystaiko was appointed Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration by the decree of the President of Ukraine. He was a Member of the National Investment Council (June 21, 2019).[12]

On August 29, 2019, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in the Government of Oleksiy Honcharuk.[13] But on March 4, 2020, he was released from the post and appointed Vice Prime Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration in the Government of Denys Shmyhal. On June 4, 2020, he was released from this post.[14][15]

From July 20, 2020, he is Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK.[3][16]

Since December 30, 2020, Prystaiko is a Representative of Ukraine in the International Maritime Organization (IMO).[17]

Family[]

Vadym Prystayko's father  [uk] (1941–2008) was General lieutenant of Justice and Vice director of SBU, but since 1991 he worked in a commission of adaptation of laws to EU standards and on rehabilitation of politically repressed. He is an Honored Lawyer of Ukraine.

He is married to Inna Prystaiko.[18] They have two sons Volodymyr and Andrii.

He likes sports, earning a black belt in Taekwondo.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Rada with 255 votes backs appointment of Stefanyshyna as deputy PM for European Integration, Interfax-Ukraine (4 June 2020)
  2. ^ "Zelensky appointed Pristaika ambassador to Britain". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №287/2020". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  4. ^ "Пристайка призначили міністром закордонних справ".
  5. ^ Zelensky appoints Prystaiko as Deputy Head of Presidential Administration, 112.international, May 22, 2019
  6. ^ "Prystaiko was appointed as a Deputy Head of the Presidental Administration".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №340/2019". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  8. ^ УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 630/2012 Presidential order of appointment of Prystaiko as Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada.
  9. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 833/2014 Про звільнення В. Пристайка з посад Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Канаді та Представника України при Міжнародній організації цивільної авіації (ІКАО)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 764/2012 Presidential order on appointment of Prystaiko as Ukrainian representative in the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
  11. ^ Ambassador Prystaiko named Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of the apparatus, Argumenty i fakty Ukraine, December 19, 2014)]
  12. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №423/2019". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  13. ^ "Рада звільнила Кабмін Гройсмана". РБК-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  14. ^ "��арламент звільнив віцепрем'єра Пристайка". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  15. ^ "Про звільнення Пристайка В.В. з посади Віце-прем'єр-міністра з питань європейської та євроатлантичної інтеграції України". zakon.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  16. ^ "Зеленський призначив Пристайка послом у Британії". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  17. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №611/2020". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  18. ^ "Inna Prystaiko and Vadym Prystaiko".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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