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Anatoliy Zlenko | |
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Анатолій Зленко | |
 Zlenko in 2001 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine | |
| In office 2 October 2000 – 2 September 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Oleksandr Chalyi |
| Succeeded by | Kostyantyn Gryshchenko |
| In office 24 August 1991 – 25 August 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Position established (Himself as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR) |
| Succeeded by | Hennadiy Udovenko |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR | |
| In office 27 July 1990 – 24 August 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Kravets |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished (Himself as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1938-06-02)2 June 1938 Stavyshche,Ukrainian SSR,Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 1 March 2021(2021-03-01) (aged 82) |
Anatoliy Maksymovych Zlenko (Ukrainian:Анато́лій Макси́мович Зле́нко; 2 June 1938[1] – 1 March 2021[2][3]) was aUkrainian diplomat. He served as Ukraine's firstForeign Minister[4] from 1990 to 1994[3] and again from 2000 to 2003.[2] Zlenko was previously thePermanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations from 1994[5] to 1997.[2][6]
Born 2 June 1938, in the villageStavyshche,Kyiv Oblast, Zlenko graduated from Kyiv mining college in 1959, and was made mining master of the "Maksymivka-Pologa" mine, located inKadiivka (at the time the city was named Serho/Sergo). In 1967 Zlenko graduated fromKyiv University, and was subsequently made a diplomatic attache for theMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.[1]
In 1973, Zlenko became a staff member of the Secretariat ofUNESCO inParis. He subsequently became the permanent representative of the USSR to UNESCO in October 1983. In April 1987, he became a Deputy of theMinister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and subsequently became the First Deputy for a year, between July 1989 and July 1990.[1]
In 1990, Zlenko became the first Foreign Minister of the newly independent Ukraine.[1][3] He strongly promoted Ukraine's relations with Western Europe. In an interview in 1990, Zlenko said:
"A common history existing a thousand years and a deep cultural, linguistic and ideological closeness have linked us with neighboring Poland. The western regions of Ukraine and the eastern provinces of Poland...are similar in make-up of population and economy...Our border with Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania is shorter than that with Poland. But there are also ethnic...influences, economic ties, trade, mixed marriages, the common Danube waters..."
His first term concluded in September 1994, and he became thePermanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations until September 1997, subsequently serving as the Ukrainian Ambassador to France until 2000, in which capacity he returned to his former position as Ukrainian Representative to UNESCO (in November 1998 he also was appointed Ukrainian Ambassador toPortugal).[1] He subsequently returned to his position as Minister of Foreign affairs, until retiring in 2003.[1]
In 2010, Zlenko was appointeddean of the Faculty of International Relations ofKyiv Slavic University.[1]
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Prime-minister:Viktor Yushchenko First vice-premier-minister:Yuriy Yekhanurov Vice-premier-minister on issues of fuel and energy complex:Yulia Tymoshenko Vice-premier-minister:Mykhailo Hladiy Vice-premier-minister:Mykola Zhulynskyi
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