Vice-President, member of the UFPA board of directors

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador. Native language: Ukrainian, working languages: English and French (fluently).

Alexander Kupchyshyn was born on June 12, 1952.

Work experience:

April 2015 – Vice-President of Ukrainian Foreign Policy Association.

October 2015 – President of Ukrainian Department of International Law Association.

2010 – 2014 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the French Republic and the Principality of Monaco.

Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UNESCO, Paris.

2008 - 2010 — Deputy of Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

 2005 - 2008 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Hague

2001-2005 — The Head of the Legal Department of the MFA of Ukraine. Ambassador-at-large.

1998- 2001 — Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.

1996 - 1998 — The Head of European and transatlantic integration of MFA of Ukraine.

1993 - 1996 — Counselor of the Embassy of Ukraine in France.

1992 - 1993 —The Head of the Contractual and legal administration of the MFA of Ukraine.

1990 -1992 — Second and first secretary of the International Organizations Department of the MFA of Ukraine.

1982 - 1988 — Officer (P3) of the Center for Human Rights of the Secretariat of the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland

1977 - 1982 — Lecturer at the Department of International Law and Foreign Legislation at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Education:

1988 – 1990 — Diplomatic Academy of the MFA of the USSR.

1974 – 1977 — Post graduate student at the Department of International Law and Foreign Legislation at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

1977 - Candidate of Legal Sciences.

1969 -1974 — Faculty of International Relations and International Law, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Diplomatic rank: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Alexander Kupchyshyn is married and he has a son and a grandson.