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The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has conferred on Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk the diplomatic rank of extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador. The relevant decree No. 831/2026 25 of August was published on the head of state's website.
“To confer on Ruslan Oleksiyovych Stefanchuk — the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine — the diplomatic rank of extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador,” the decree states.
Also in the same document is the assignment of the diplomatic rank of extraordinary and plenipotentiary envoy of the second class to Igor Ivanovych Ostash, director of the State Educational and Scientific Institution of Postgraduate Education “Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine named after Hennadiy Udovenko under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
Last year, after Ostash was appointed director of the academy, the MFA announced that he had, at various times, held positions as Ukraine’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Canada and Lebanon, represented Ukraine at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), was a member of the Ukrainian parliament for several convocations, and notably chaired the Verkhovna Rada committee on foreign affairs. He also worked at the Institute of Linguistics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and headed the International School of Ukrainian Studies at the NAS of Ukraine. Since August 2024, Ostash has been a non-staff adviser to the foreign minister.
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