Ambassador of Ukraine to the Holy See | |
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Nominator | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
Inaugural holder | Nina Kovalska as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Formation | 2000 |
Website | Ukraine Embassy – Vatikan |
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Holy See and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Ukrainian: Надзвичайний і Повноважний посол України у Ватикані та Суверенному Військовому Мальтійському Ордені) is the ambassador of Ukraine to the Holy See (as well as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta). Since April 2022 the current ambassador is Andrii Yurash[2] who succeeds Tetyana Yizhevska, who assumed the position in 2007; she assumed the position of ambassador to the Order of Malta in 2009.[3][4]
The first Ukrainian ambassador to the Holy See assumed his post in 2000, the same year a Ukrainian embassy opened in the Vatican.
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