The
Ambassador studied at the Department of Roman and Greek Philology in
Kyiv State University.
In 1970 he
served the military service and worked also as interpreter. Between 1973
– 1986 he served as advisor, Department Director at the Ukrainian
Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.
Between 1986 – 1992 he served in other posts such as Senior Advisor,
Department Director, Protocol and Interparliamentary Relations at
Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine.
The
Ambassador was Chief of Protocol to the President of Ukraine from 1992
to 2005. In 2005 he was appointed Ambassador of Ukraine in Italy.
The
Ambassador speaks English, French and Italian. He is married to Olga
Poyarkova and has two daughters.
