Volodymyr Khandohiy

Ukrainian diplomat and politician

Володимир Хандогій

Khandohiy in 2009

Ambassador of Ukraine to the United KingdomIn office
2010–2015Preceded byIhor KharchenkoSucceeded byNatalia GalibarenkoActing Minister for Foreign Affairs of UkraineIn office
3 March 2009^[1] – 9 October 2009^[2]Preceded byVolodymyr OhryzkoSucceeded byPetro Poroshenko^[2]Ambassador of Ukraine to Belgium and LuxembourgIn office
2000–2005Preceded byKostiantyn HryshchenkoSucceeded byYaroslav KovalAmbassador of Ukraine to the NetherlandsIn office
2000–2002Preceded byKostiantyn HryshchenkoSucceeded byDmytro MarkovAmbassador of Ukraine to CanadaIn office
1998–2000Preceded byVolodymyr FurkaloSucceeded byYuriy Shcherbak Personal detailsBorn (1953-02-21) 21 February 1953 (age 71)
Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Volodymyr Dmytrovych Khandohiy (Ukrainian: Володимир Дмитрович Хандогій) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician. Khandohiy was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for six months in 2009.

Biography

Volodymyr Khandohiy graduated from the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv and started his diplomatic career in 1975. Khandohiy is a former Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg (2000-2005) and the Netherlands (2000-2002) and a former Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO (2000-2005). Between 1995 and 1998, and from 27 December 2005 till his appointment as acting Minister, he was a Deputy Foreign Minister.^[3]^[4]

Khandohiy was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, after (on 3 March 2009) his predecessor Volodymyr Ohryzko was dismissed by the Ukrainian Parliament.^[5] On 9 October 2009 this parliament appointed Petro Poroshenko as foreign minister.^[2]^[6]^[7]^[8]

In 2012 he said that Yevhen Khytrov was a victim of bad refereeing at the 2012 London Olympics.^[9]

Khandohiy is married, and has a son and daughter.^[4]

References

^ "Khandohiy appointed Ukraine's acting foreign minister". Interfax-Ukraine. March 3, 2009. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Rada appoints Poroshenko Ukraine's foreign minister". Interfax-Ukraine. October 9, 2009. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
^ "President appoints Andriy Veselovskyi and Volodymyr Khandohiy Deputy Foreign Ministers". Government Portal. December 28, 2005. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "MR. VOLODYMYR KHANDOGIY - First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
^ "Rada Dismisses Ohryzko" (PDF). The Ukrainian Weekly. Vol. 227, no. 10. March 8, 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
^ "Ukrainian president proposes Petro Poroshenko for foreign minister". Interfax-Ukraine. October 7, 2009. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
^ By 240 out of 440 MPs registered in the session hall. In particular, 151 MPs of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko faction, 63 of the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc, 20 members of the Bloc of Volodymyr Lytvyn, one deputy of the Party of Regions, one member of the Communist Party faction and four deputies not belonging to any faction voted for the nomination.
^ "Poroshenko put on Ukraine's NSCD". Kyiv Post. October 12, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2012.^{[dead link]}
^ "Ambassador to UK concerned over situation with Ukrainian athletes". Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. August 8, 2012. Archived from the original on August 8, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2014.