The Diplomatic mission of Ukraine to the European Union is the diplomatic mission of Ukraine to the European Union and European Atomic Energy Community; it is based in Brussels, Belgium.
History Diplomatic relations between the EU and Ukraine were established in December 1991. Next year Ukraine designated its first representative to the EU - Ambassador Volodymyr Vasylenko.
The fully-fledged Mission of Ukraine to the European Union was established in Brussels in 1996.
Heads of the Mission
Volodymyr Vasylenko (1996–1998), Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine;Указ Президента України № 454/95 від 31 серпня 1992 Ihor Mityukov (1996–1998), former Deputy Prime-Minister of Ukraine;Указ Президента України № 643/95 від 24 липня 1995 Borys Hudyma (1998–2000), career diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for the relations with the European Union institutions; Roman Shpek (2000–2008), former Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the National Agency for Development and European integration; Andriy Veselovsky (2008–May 2010), career diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for the relations with the European Union institutions; Kostiantyn Yelisieiev (July 2010-July 2015), career diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for the relations with the European Union institutions; Mykola Tochytskyi (2016–2021), Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Belgium and to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №36/2016 Про призначення М.Точицького Представником України при Європейському Союзі та Європейському Співтоваристві з атомної енергії Vsevolod Chentsov (2021–present)
Comparison
Population 447,206,135 42,539,010 Area 603,500 km² (6,592,800 sq mi) Population Density 115/km² (300 /sq mi) 73.8/km2 (191/sq mi) Capital Brussels (de facto) KyivGlobal CitiesParis, Rome, Berlin, Warsaw, Vienna, Madrid, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Stockholm, Prague, Helsinki, Athens etc.Kyiv Government Supranational parliamentary democracy based on the European treatiesParliamentary democracy and the Treaty of Lisbon Unitary semi-presidentialconstitutional republic First Leader High Authority President Jean Monnet President Leonid Kravchuk Current Leader Council President Charles Michel Commission President Ursula von der Leyen President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal Official languages Languages of the EU Ukrainian GDP (nominal)$16.033 trillion ($35,851 per capita)$122.875 billion ($2915.484 per capita)GDP (PPP)$20.366 trillion ($45,541 per capita)$426.791 billion ($10126.589 per capita)
See also Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Ukraine–European Union relations Mykola Tochytskyi Foreign relations of Ukraine
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