Volodymyr Khandohiy

Volodymyr Khandohiy
Володимир Дмитрович Хандогій
Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom
Assumed office
2010
Preceded by Ihor Kharchenko
Succeeded by Natalia Galibarenko
Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
In office
March 3, 2009[1] – October 9, 2009[2]
Preceded by Volodymyr Ohryzko
Succeeded by Petro Poroshenko[2]
Ambassador of Ukraine to Belgium and Luxembourg
In office
2000–2005
Preceded by Kostiantyn Hryshchenko
Succeeded by Yaroslav Koval
Ambassador of Ukraine to the Netherlands
In office
2000–2002
Preceded by Kostiantyn Hryshchenko
Succeeded by Dmytro Markov
Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada
In office
1998–2000
Preceded by Volodymyr Furkalo
Succeeded by Yuriy Shcherbak
Personal details
Born (1953-02-21) February 21, 1953
Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Volodymyr Dmytrovych Khandohiy (Ukrainian: Володимир Дмитрович Хандогій) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician. Khandohiy was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for six months in 2009.

Biography

Volodymyr Khandohiy graduated from the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv and started his diplomatic career in 1975. Khandohiy is a former Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg (2000-2005) and the Netherlands (2000-2002) and a former Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO (2000-2005). Between 1995 and 1998 and from December 27, 2005 till his appointment as acting Minister he was a Deputy Foreign Minister.[3][4]

Khandohiy was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, after (on March 3, 2009) his predecessor Volodymyr Ohryzko was fired by the Ukrainian Parliament.[5] On 9 October 2009 this parliament appointed Petro Poroshenko as foreign minister.[2][6][7][8]

In 2012 he said that Yevhen Khytrov was a victim of bad refereeing at the 20123 London Olympics.[9]

Khandohiy is married, and has a son and daughter.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Khandohiy appointed Ukraine's acting foreign minister". Interfax-Ukraine. March 3, 2009. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rada appoints Poroshenko Ukraine's foreign minister". Interfax-Ukraine. October 9, 2009. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  3. ↑ "President appoints Andriy Veselovskyi and Volodymyr Khandohiy Deputy Foreign Ministers". Government Portal. December 28, 2005. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
  4. 1 2 "MR. VOLODYMYR KHANDOGIY - First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Rada Dismisses Ohryzko" (PDF). The Ukrainian Weekly. 227 (10). March 8, 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ukrainian president proposes Petro Poroshenko for foreign minister". Interfax-Ukraine. October 7, 2009. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  7. ↑ By 240 out of 440 MPs registered in the session hall. In particular, 151 MPs of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko faction, 63 of the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc, 20 members of the Bloc of Volodymyr Lytvyn, one deputy of the Party of Regions, one member of the Communist Party faction and four deputies not belonging to any faction voted for the nomination.
  8. ↑ "Poroshenko put on Ukraine's NSCD". Kyiv Post. October 12, 2009. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Ambassador to UK concerned over situation with Ukrainian athletes". Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. August 8, 2012. Archived from the original on August 8, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
Political offices
Preceded by
Volodymyr Ohryzko		 acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
2009 		Succeeded by
Petro Poroshenko
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