Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada

Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada
Incumbent
vacant
Nominator Petro Poroshenko
Inaugural holder Levko Lukyanenko
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation March 14, 1992
Final holder Ihor Ostash
Abolished June 16, 2011
Deputy Andriy Shevchenko
Website Ukraine Embassy - Ottawa

The Ukraine Ambassador to Canada (Ukrainian: Посол України в Канаді) is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from Ukraine to Canada.

History

Embassy of Ukraine in Canada (Ottawa)

Canada became the first Western power to recognize the Independence of Ukraine on December 2, 1991. The diplomatic relations were established on January 27, 1992 when the Minister of Foreign Affairs Anatoliy Zlenko and the Secretary of State for External Affairs Barbara McDougal exchanged notes.

On September 10, 1992 a Canadian of Ukrainian descent Erast Hutsulyak obtained a house at 331 Metcalfe Street in Ottawa for $615,000. He donated it to the Government of Ukraine for accommodation of the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada. The embassy was officially opened on December 1, 1992. In 1994 for the needs of the embassy was purchased another house at 310 Somerset Street West for $1.8 million. The new building is located in 700 m (0.43 mi) from the first purchased one. Most of the funds came from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. The building at Metcalfe Street was left for the Consulate of Ukraine in Ottawa.

Ambassadors to Canada

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