Leonid Kozhara

Born
January 1963

Education
MA in International Law, Kyiv State University
Postgraduate course in Constitutional Law, National Institute of State and Law

Career
Since December 2012, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Since March 2010, Foreign-policy advisor to the President of Ukraine
Since May 2006, Member of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine, Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs
2004-2005, Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Ukraine, Head of the Foreign-Policy Department, foreign-policy advisor to the President of Ukraine, Secretary of the State Council for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
2002-2004, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Sweden
1992-1994, 1997-2002, Worked at different positions in the Foreign-Policy Department, Administration of the President of Ukraine
1994-1997, First secretary, Embassy of Ukraine to the United States of America
1990-1992, Senior adviser of the Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
1985-1990, Junior scholar, Constitutional Law lecturer at Kyiv State Political Science Institute

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