Yurii Vasylyovych Kostenko () (b. 6 November 1945) is a Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the People's Republic of China.
Biography Born in the city of Kyiv November 6, 1945. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (1968), department of history;
1968 – 1971 – Attaché, Third Secretary, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic;
1971 – 1972 – Service in the Armed Forces;
1972 – 1975 – Third Secretary in the reserve, Third, Second Secretary of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
1975 – 1984 – Assistant to the Minister, First Secretary, Counselor, Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
1984 – 1985 – Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian SSR Commission on UNESCO affairs;
1985 – 1988 – Head of the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
1988 – 1994 – Permanent Representative of Ukraine to International Organizations in Vienna;
1992 – 1994 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Austrian Republic; Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Vienna negotiations of security and cooperation in Europe;
1994 – 1997 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Germany;
1997 – 2001 – Ambassador-at-Large, Inspector-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
2001 – 2006 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Japan
2004 – 2006 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Philippines
2006 – 2008 – Deputy minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
2008 – 2009 – Acting First Deputy minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
August 2009Decree of the President of Ukraine № 397/2009 Про призначення Ю.Костенка Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Китайській Народній Республіці – 12.09.2012Decree of the President of Ukraine № 542/2012 Про звільнення Ю.Костенка з посад Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Китайській Народній Республіці та Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Монголії — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the People's Republic of China.
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External links Ambassador of Ukraine in China An awarding ceremony of a group of talented Chinese artists from the Academy of Painting and Calligraphy of the Ministry of Culture of China by the "Certificate of the Ambassador of Ukraine to China Yurii Kostenko"