Meet the Ambassador of Ukraine to Austria: H.E. Dr. Olexander Scherba
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Ambassador Dr. Olexander Scherba has been Ambassador of Ukraine in Austria since November 2014. He has been a career diplomat since 1995 with oversees posts in Germany and the US. Besides Ukrainian and Russian, he speaks German and English.
H.E. Dr. Olexander Scherba, Ambassador of Ukraine to Austria / Picture: © Ministerium für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten der Ukraine
Olexander Scherba was born in Kyiv in 1970.
He has been Ukraine’s ambassador to Austria since November 2014.
He was ambassador-at-large in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010-2013), adviser to the first vice prime minister of Ukraine in 2013-2014, and an adviser to Arseniy Yatseniuk during his presidential bid for the 2010 election.
He has been a career diplomat since 1995 with oversees posts in Bonn and Berlin, Germany from 1996-2000 and Washington, D.C., USA, from 2004-2008.
He earned a Ph.D. in political science in 2001.
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| Date of Birth: | 22 June 1970 (Kiev) |
| Education: | National Taras Shevchenko University Kiev (Master of Linguistics), Kiev Institute of International Relations (Doctor of Political Science) |
| Career History: | |
| From March 1995 | Diplomatic Service |
| 1996-2000 | Attaché, the third secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in Germany |
| 2000-2003 | First Secretary, Deputy Director of the Minister's Office, Speaker of the Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 2004-2008 | Counsellor of the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington. Responsible for relations with the Congress and Jewish organizations |
| 2008-2009 | EU Department employee in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine |
| 2009-2010 | Advisor to the presidential candidate, MP Arseniy Yatsenyuk |
| 2010-2013 |
Special Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine |
| 2013-2014 | Advisor to the first Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, participant in negotiations with the IMF and the EU |
| Feb. - Nov. 2014 | Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Participant of the Crimea and East Crisis Team. |
| Since Nov. 17, 2014 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Austria |
| Languages: | Fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, German and English. |
| Family Status: | Married; Two children. |
Source: Ministerium für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten der Ukraine
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