Dmytro Kuleba

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Kuleba.

Dmytro Kuleba
Дмитро Кулеба
Official portrait, 2021
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 March 2020 – 5 September 2024
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byVadym Prystaiko
Succeeded byAndrii Sybiha
Deputy Prime Minister
on matters of European relations
In office
29 August 2019 – 4 March 2020
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterOleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded byIvanna Klympush-Tsintsadze
Succeeded byVadym Prystaiko
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe
In office
2016–2019
Preceded byMykola Tochytsky
Succeeded byBorys Tarasyuk[1]
Personal details
Born (1981-04-19) 19 April 1981 (age 43)
Sumy, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyServant of the People
SpouseYevhenia Kuleba
Children2
EducationTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (PhD, international law)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • diplomat

Dmytro Ivanovych Kuleba (Ukrainian: Дмитро Іванович Кулеба, IPA: [dmʲɪˈtro iˈwɑnɔwɪt͡ʃ kuˈlɛbɐ]; born 19 April 1981) is a Ukrainian politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2] He was concurrently a member of the National Defense and Security Council of Ukraine.[3]

The youngest foreign affairs minister in Ukraine's history (after Arseniy Yatsenyuk),[4] he previously worked as Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration[5] and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe between 2016 and 2019.

On 4 September 2024, he resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs amidst a cabinet shuffle.[6]

  1. ^ Zelensky appoints Tarasyuk Ukraine's envoy to Council of Europe, Ukrinform (24 December 2019)
  2. ^ "Dmytro Kuleba". Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. 11 February 2023. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  3. ^ "National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine". National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. 29 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Dmytro Kuleba". Bookforum. 15 April 2023. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine - Parliament approves new Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine". www.kmu.gov.ua.
  6. ^ Kottasová, Kosta Gak, Alex Stambaugh, Helen Regan, Ivana (4 September 2024). "Ukraine's foreign minister tenders resignation ahead of expected cabinet reshuffle as Russian missiles kill at least 7". CNN. Retrieved 4 September 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)