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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Kuleba.

Dmytro Kuleba
Дмитро Кулеба
Official portrait, 2021
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
4 March 2020
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byVadym Prystaiko
Deputy Prime Minister
on matters of European relations
In office
29 August 2019 – 4 March 2020
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterOleksiy Honcharuk
Preceded byIvanna Klympush-Tsintsadze
Succeeded byVadym Prystaiko
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe
In office
2016–2019
Preceded byMykola Tochytsky
Succeeded byBorys Tarasyuk[1]
Personal details
Born (1981-04-19) 19 April 1981 (age 43)
Sumy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Sumy, Ukraine)
SpouseYevhenia Kuleba
EducationTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (PhD, international law)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • diplomat
  • communications specialist

Dmytro Ivanovych Kuleba (Ukrainian: Дмитро Іванович Кулеба; born 19 April 1981) is a Ukrainian politician, diplomat, and communications specialist, currently serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2] He is also concurrently a member of the National Defense and Security Council of Ukraine.[3]

Kuleba is one of the youngest senior-diplomats in Ukraine's history.[4] He previously worked as Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration[5] as well as Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe between 2016 and 2019.

Biography

Kuleba greeting U.S. President Joe Biden, 22 February 2022

Kuleba was born on April 19, 1981 in Ukraine's eastern city of Sumy, then part of the Soviet Union. In 2003, he graduated with honors with a degree in International Law from the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Kuleba subsequently obtained a Candidate of Sciences degree (equivalent to PhD) in Law in 2006.[6][7]

Kuleba has served in Ukraine's diplomatic service and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2003. In 2013, he abandoned public service citing his disagreement with Ukraine's former president Viktor Yanukovych's course and chaired the UART Foundation for Cultural Diplomacy.

He took active part in the Euromaidan protests in 2013–2014.

At the height of the early stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014, Kuleba decided to return to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Ambassador-at-Large to launch strategic communications. He introduced the concepts of digital diplomacy, strategic communications, cultural diplomacy and public diplomacy into the Ministry’s work.

In 2016, Kuleba was appointed Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe. From August 2019 to March 2020, he was Deputy Prime Minister on matters of European relations. He has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 4 March 2020.

On 10 May 2022, Kuleba said that "In the first months" of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine "the victory for us looked like withdrawal of Russian forces to the positions they occupied before February 24 and payment for inflicted damage. Now if we are strong enough on the military front and we win the battle for Donbas, which will be crucial for the following dynamics of the war, of course the victory for us in this war will be the liberation of the rest of our territories", including Donbas and Crimea.[8] He called Russian president Vladimir Putin a "war criminal".[9]

Kuleba, Metropolitan Epiphanius and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at The Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine near Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv on 6 May 2021

After Putin announced a partial mobilization of Russia's armed forces and referenced a potential use of nuclear weapons, Kuleba said that "Putin has shown utter disrespect to China, India, Mexico, Turkey, other Asian, African, Middle Eastern, Latin American nations which have called for diplomacy and an end to Russia's war on Ukraine."[10]

On 10 October 2022, he urged African states to abandon their neutrality and condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[11] On 28 October 2022, he demanded the immediate cessation of the supply of Iranian weapons to Russia, including Iranian kamikaze drones.[12] On 12 November 2022, he urged ASEAN countries to abandon their neutrality and support Ukraine.[13]

In a December 2022 interview with the Associated Press, Kuleba called for a February 2023 peace summit at the United Nations mediated by secretary-general António Guterres, only inviting Russia if it faces an international court for war crimes.[14]

He criticized India for profiting from buying cheap Russian oil.[15] On 29 December 2022, following the strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, Kuleba tweeted, "There can be no ‘neutrality’ in the face of such mass war crimes. Pretending to be ‘neutral’ equals taking Russia’s side."[16]

Political views

Dmytro Kuleba is a consistent supporter of Ukraine joining the EU[17] and NATO.[18] He is also in favor of providing Ukraine with an Action Program on NATO membership.[19] In his opinion, Ukraine will join the North Atlantic Alliance earlier than the European Union.[20]

Kuleba has repeatedly noted that Ukrainian identity is Central European, and he considers the deepening of relations and integration with neighboring countries in Central Europe to be one of the priorities of foreign policy.[21]

Kuleba was a guest on the American talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on 22 September 2022. He explained the position of the Ukrainian people: "We know how to win. And we will".[22]

Personal life

He wrote a bestseller book The War for Reality. How to Win in the World of Fakes, Truths and Communities (2019) on modern communications, media literacy, and countering disinformation. In December 2017, Kuleba was named the best Ukrainian ambassador of the Year 2017 by the Institute of World Policy.[23][24]

Family

Kuleba's mother is Yevhenia Kuleba. His father Ivan Kuleba is a career diplomat, a former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2003–2004), as well as Ukraine's ambassador to Egypt (1997–2000), Czech Republic (2004–2009), Kazakhstan (2008–2019), and Armenia (2019–2021).

Kuleba is married and has two children.

Kuleba's wife Yevhenia was number 1 on the party list for the Kyiv City Council of the party Servant of the People in the 2020 Kyiv local election on October 25, 2020.[25][26] She is a Kyiv City Council Deputy, Secretary of the Kyiv City Council Standing Committee on Environmental Policy.

Awards and honors

 Ukraine:

 Lithuania:

See also

References

  1. ^ Zelensky appoints Tarasyuk Ukraine's envoy to Council of Europe, Ukrinform (24 December 2019)
  2. ^ "Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine - Персона". www.kmu.gov.ua.
  3. ^ "National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine". www.rnbo.gov.ua. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Bookforum". bookforum.ua.
  5. ^ "Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine - Parliament approves new Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine". www.kmu.gov.ua.
  6. ^ Kuleba Dmytro Ivanovych – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine - website DIP - Diplomacy and tourism
  7. ^ Dmytro Kuleba - website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
  8. ^ "Ukraine has upgraded its war aims as confidence grows, says foreign minister". Financial Times. 10 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Ukraine's foreign minister: 'Putin is a war criminal. Russia will feel the consequences for decades'". El País. 24 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Foreign minister says Putin throwing more men into "flames of war"". Egypt Independent. 21 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Ukraine pleads with Africa to quit neutrality". The Citizen. 10 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Ukraine foreign minister tells Iran counterpart: Stop sending arms to Russia". Reuters. 28 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Ukraine minister urges ASEAN bloc to stop Russia's 'hunger games'". Al Jazeera. 12 November 2022.
  14. ^ Castillo, E. Eduardo; Hanna Arhirova (26 December 2022). "The AP Interview: Ukraine FM aims for February peace summit". APNews.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Ukraine hits out at India for buying cheap Russian oil 'while we are suffering and dying'". The Independent. 6 December 2022.
  16. ^ "British Defense Ministry Notes 'Continued Churn of Senior Russian Officials'". VOA News. 30 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Ви житимете в Україні, яка буде членом ЄС, - Дмитро Кулеба в День Гідності та Свободи провів урок у київській школі | Кабінет Міністрів України". 21 October 2020. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. ^ "Дмитро Кулеба: Вступ України до НАТО - це питання часу | Кабінет Міністрів України". 21 October 2020. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  19. ^ "Україна вступить до НАТО - Кулеба назвав наступний крок - новини України - Політичні новини України | Сьогодні". 1 March 2022. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. ^ "Україна - НАТО - в Кабміні розповіли про новий формат співпраці | РБК-Україна". 29 October 2020. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  21. ^ "Чи покарає Путіна суд щодо MH17 і коли буде компенсація за збитий Іраном Boeing - Кулеба розповів в інтерв'ю | СЬОГОДНІ". 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  22. ^ "We Know How To Win. And We Will." - Dmytro Kuleba, Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine, retrieved 22 September 2022
  23. ^ "Інститут світової політики назвав топ-послів 2017 року". glavcom.ua. 21 December 2017.
  24. ^ "Сайт знаходиться на реконструкції". iwp.org.ua. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  25. ^ "Yevhenia Kuleba headed the list of "Servants of the People" in the Kyiv City Council elections" (in Ukrainian). Ukrayinska Pravda. 20 September 2020.
  26. ^ "Rada appoints next elections to local self-govt bodies for Oct 25". Interfax-Ukraine. 15 July 2020.
  27. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №669/2021". president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 18 December 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  28. ^ "DEKRETAS DĖL APDOVANOJIMO LIETUVOS VALSTYBĖS ORDINAIS IR MEDALIAIS". e-seimas.lrs.lt (in Lithuanian). 5 July 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

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