{{Short description|Ukrainian politician (born 1975)}} {{Family name hatnote|Ivanovych|Sybiha|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Andrii Sybiha | native_name = {{nobold|Андрій Сибіга}} | native_name_lang = uk | image = Андрей Сибига (cropped).jpg | caption = | office = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] | predecessor = [[Dmytro Kuleba]] | successor = | president = [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] | prime_minister = [[Denys Shmyhal]]<br>[[Yulia Svyrydenko]] | birth_name = Andrii Ivanovych Sybiha | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|2|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Zboriv]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | alma_mater = [[University of Lviv]] | occupation = Politician, diplomat | term_start = 5 September 2024 | awards = [[File:Order of Merit 3rd Class of Ukraine.png|56px|link=Order of Merit (Ukraine)]] [[File:Order of Merit 2nd Class of Ukraine.png|56px|link=Order of Merit (Ukraine)]] | office1 = Deputy Head of the [[Office of the President of Ukraine]] | term_start1 = 31 May 2021 | term_end1 = 12 April 2024 | president1 = [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] | office2 = [[Ukraine]] [[Ambassador]] to [[Turkey]] | term_start2 = 22 August 2016 | term_end2 = 19 May 2021 | predecessor2 = [[Sergiy Korsunsky]] | successor2 = [[Vasyl Bodnar]] | president2 = [[Petro Poroshenko]]<br>Volodymyr Zelenskyy }} '''Andrii Ivanovych Sybiha''' ({{langx|uk|Андрій Іванович Сибіга}}; born 1 February 1975) is a Ukrainian statesman, diplomat, and jurist who is currently serving as the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine)|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine]] since 5 September 2024.<ref name="ki">{{Cite news|title=Who is Andrii Sybiha, Ukraine's new foreign minister?|url=https://kyivindependent.com/who-is-andrii-sybiha-ukraines-new-foreign-minister/ |website=[[The Kyiv Independent]]|date=5 September 2024 |accessdate=6 September 2024 |language=en|last1=Denisova |first1=Kateryna }}</ref> Before that, Sybiha was the Deputy Head of the [[Office of the President of Ukraine]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sybiha's personal information |url=https://mfa.gov.ua/en/persons/andrii-sybiha}}</ref>

== Early life == Andrii Sybiha was born in [[Zboriv]], [[Ternopil Oblast]]. In 1997, he graduated from [[University of Lviv]], as a specialist in international relations. He is fluent in English and Polish.<ref name=":0" />

== Career == From 2008–2012, he was an adviser-envoy of the [[Embassy of Ukraine, Warsaw|Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Poland]]. In 2012–2016, he was the director of the Consular Service Department of MFA of Ukraine.<ref name="ki"/>

On 23 August 2016, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the [[Republic of Turkey]].<ref>Decree of the President of Ukraine from 22 August 2016 year №&nbsp;346/2016 [https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/346/2016 «Про призначення А. Сибіги Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Турецькій Республіці»] {{in lang|uk}}</ref> On 19 May 2021, he was dismissed from his post by the decree of President [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Президент звільнив посла України в Туреччині|url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-posol-v-turechchyni/31263716.html|website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|date=19 May 2021 |accessdate=2021-05-20|language=uk}}</ref>

On 31 May 2021, he was appointed as the Deputy Head of the [[Office of the President of Ukraine]].<ref>Decree of the President of Ukraine from 31 May 2021 year №&nbsp;221/2021 [https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/221/2021 «Про призначення А. Сибіги Заступником Керівника Офісу Президента України»] {{in lang|uk}}</ref>

At the start of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in 2022, Sybiha was among the first to announce Ukraine's formal application to join the [[European Union]]. Following the resignation of foreign minister [[Dmytro Kuleba]] in September 2024, he was appointed by President Zelenskyy to succeed him. His appointment passed in the [[Verkhovna Rada]] with 258 votes in favor.<ref name="ki"/>

== Awards == *[[Order of Merit (Ukraine)|Order of Merit, Third Class]] (21 August 2020) – ''for a significant personal contribution to state building, socio-economic, scientific-technical, cultural-educational development of Ukraine, significant labor achievements and high professionalism''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Указ президента України №335/2020|url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/3352020-34805|website=president.gov.ua|accessdate=2020-08-25|language=uk}}</ref> *[[Order of Merit (Ukraine)|Order of Merit, Second Class]] (22 December 2021) – ''for significant personal contribution to strengthening international cooperation of Ukraine, many years of fruitful diplomatic activity and high professionalism''<ref>Decree of the President of Ukraine from 22 December 2021 year №&nbsp;669/2021 [https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/6692021-41009 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди Дня працівників дипломатичної служби»] {{in lang|uk}}</ref>

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