Andriy Yaroslavovych Melnyk

Andriy Melnyk is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician who has served since December 20, 2014 as the Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany.[1]

Andriy Melnyk Андрій Мельник
Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 December 2014
President	Petro Poroshenko Volodymyr Zelensky
Preceded by	Pavlo Klimkin
Personal details
Born	September 7, 1975 Lviv
Nationality	Ukraine
Alma mater	Lviv University
Profession	diplomat

Biography

Melnyk was born in 1975 in Lviv.[2] He started his diplomatic career in 1999 as second and then first secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in Austria; he left this Embassy in 2003.[2] Between 2005 and 2007 Melnyk worked as an advisor to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.[2] From then till 2012 he was Consul of Ukraine in Hamburg.[1][2] Between 2012 and 2014 Melnyk worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.[2] In March 2014 he was appointed Deputy Minister of in the first Yatsenyuk Government responsible for European integration.[2][3] On 20 December 2014 a decree by President Petro Poroshenko appointed Melnyk Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany.[1]

References

1. Andriy Melnyk appointed Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany - decree, Interfax-Ukraine (20 December 2014)
2. (in Ukrainian) Poroshenko appointed Melnyk Ambassador of Ukraine in Germany, RBK Ukraine (19 December 2014)
3. (in Ukrainian) Ambassador of Germany became Andriy Melnyk, who worked in the government for European integration, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 December 2014)