Anatoliy Zlenko

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Anatoliy Zlenko

| native_name = {{nobold|Анатолій Зленко}}

| native_name_lang = uk

| image = Anatoliy Zlenko.jpg

| alt = Anatoliy Zlenko in March 2001

| caption = Zlenko in 2001

| office = Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

| term_start = 2 October 2000

| term_end = 2 September 2003

| predecessor = Oleksandr Chalyi

| successor = Kostyantyn Gryshchenko

| term_start1 = 24 August 1991

| term_end1 = 25 August 1994

| predecessor1 = Position established
(Himself as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR)

| successor1 = Hennadiy Udovenko

| office2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR

| term_start2 = 27 July 1990

| term_end2 = 24 August 1991

| predecessor2 = Volodymyr Kravets

| successor2 = Position abolished
(Himself as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine)

| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|6|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Stavyshche, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|3|1|1938|6|2|df=yes}}

| death_place =

}}

Anatoliy Maksymovych Zlenko ({{langx|uk|Анато́лій Макси́мович Зле́нко}}; 2 June 1938{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-polytics/3199640-eliseev-pisov-z-zitta-eksministr-zakordonnih-sprav-zlenko.html Foreign Minister Zlenko passed away], Ukrinform (1 March 2021) – 1 March 2021{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2021/03/1/7285091/ The first head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Zlenko - the diplomat died], Ukrayinska Pravda (1 March 2021)) was a Ukrainian diplomat. He served as Ukraine's first Foreign Minister{{cite web| url = http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/pp082708a.shtml | title = Diplomatic standoff over Georgia heads to Kyiv, Dushanbe | accessdate = 2010-01-24 | date = 2008-08-27 | publisher = EurasiaNet}} from 1990 to 1994 and again from 2000 to 2003. Zlenko was previously the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations from 1994[http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/550/94 Decree of the President of Ukraine N 550/94 Про призначення Постійного Представника України при ООН] to 1997.{{in lang|uk}} [https://m.dw.com/uk/pomer-pershyi-hlava-mzs-ukrainy-anatolii-zlenko/a-56734275 Помер перший глава МЗС України Анатолій Зленко], Deutsche Welle (1 March 2021){{Cite web |url=http://www.uazakon.com/document/spart78/inx78935.htm |title=Decree of the President of Ukraine N 1046/97 Про звільнення А. Зленка з посади Постійного Представника України при ООН |access-date=2015-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128112640/http://www.uazakon.com/document/spart78/inx78935.htm |archive-date=2015-01-28 |url-status=dead }}

Early life and career

Born 2 June 1938, in the village Stavyshche, Kyiv Oblast, Zlenko graduated from Kyiv mining college in 1959, and was made mining master of the "Maksymivka-Pologa" mine, located in Kadiivka (at the time the city was named Serho/Sergo). In 1967 Zlenko graduated from Kyiv University, and was subsequently made a diplomatic attache for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.

In 1973, Zlenko became a staff member of the Secretariat of UNESCO in Paris. He subsequently became the permanent representative of the USSR to UNESCO in October 1983. In April 1987, he became a Deputy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and subsequently became the First Deputy for a year, between July 1989 and July 1990.

Minister of Foreign Affairs

File:Mohammad Khatami and Anatoliy Zlenko - July 19, 2003.png on 19 July 2003]]

In 1990, Zlenko became the first Foreign Minister of the newly independent Ukraine. He strongly promoted Ukraine's relations with Western Europe. In an interview in 1990, Zlenko said:{{blockquote|"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 the Permanent 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 to Portugal). He subsequently returned to his position as Minister of Foreign affairs, until retiring in 2003.

In 2010, Zlenko was appointed dean of the Faculty of International Relations of Kyiv Slavic University.

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Category:1938 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:People from Stavyshche

Category:Permanent representatives of Ukraine to the United Nations

Category:Soviet foreign ministers of Ukraine

Category:Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Soviet Union)

Category:Ministers of foreign affairs of Ukraine

Category:Ambassadors of Ukraine to France

Category:Ambassadors of Ukraine to Portugal

Category:Permanent delegates of Ukraine to UNESCO

Category:Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class

Category:Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class

Category:Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class

Category:Burials at Baikove Cemetery