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Pavlo Klimkin
Ukrainian diplomat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Anatoliiovych and the family name is Klimkin.
Pavlo Anatoliiovych Klimkin (Ukrainian: Павло Анатолійович Клімкін; born 25 December 1967) is a Ukrainian diplomat who from 19 June 2014 until 29 August 2019 served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.[2] A Moscow-educated physicist,[3][1] he has worked in the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry since 1993, with positions including director of the department for the European Union, as well as deputy foreign minister in the First Azarov Government,[4][5] where he played a central role in negotiating the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement.[5][6]
Quick Facts Minister of Foreign Affairs, President ...
Pavlo Klimkin | |
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Павло Клімкін | |
![]() Klimkin in 2016 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 19 June 2014 – 29 August 2019 | |
President | Petro Poroshenko Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
Prime Minister | Arseniy Yatsenyuk Volodymyr Groysman |
Preceded by | Andrii Deshchytsia (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Vadym Prystaiko[1] |
Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany | |
In office 22 June 2012 – 19 June 2014 | |
Preceded by | Natalia Zarudna |
Succeeded by | Andriy Melnyk |
Personal details | |
Born | (1967-12-25) 25 December 1967 (age 56) Kursk, Kursk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse | Natalia Klimkina |
Children | 2 sons |
Alma mater | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
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Klimkin is also a former (2012–2014) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Germany.