Volodymyr Yelchenko

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Volodymyr Yelchenko

| image = Єльченко Володимир Юрійович.jpg

| imagesize = 200px

| caption = Official portrait, 2015

| office = Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States

| term_start = 19 December 2019{{cite web| url=https://usa.mfa.gov.ua/en/governance/mr-volodymyr-yelchenko | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726080917/https://usa.mfa.gov.ua/en/governance/mr-volodymyr-yelchenko | archive-date=2020-07-26 | title=Yelchenko Volodymyr }}

| term_end = 25 February 2021

| primeminister =

| predecessor = Valeriy Chaly

| successor = Oksana Markarova

| office1 = Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations

| term_start1 = 2015

| term_end1 = 2019

| predecessor1 = Yuriy Sergeyev

| successor1 = Sergiy Kyslytsya

| office2 = 6th Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia{{in lang|uk}} [http://unian.net/ukr/news/news-381898.html До Росії їде черговий Надзвичайний і Повноважний Статист України], UNIAN (June 15, 2010)

| term_start2 = July 2, 2010

| term_end2 = March 17, 2014 {{small|(recalled for consultations)}}

| predecessor2 = Kostyantyn Gryshchenko

| successor2 = Not appointed

| office3 = Ambassador of Ukraine to Austria

| term_start3 = 2005

| term_end3 = 2007

| predecessor3 = Yuriy Polurez

| successor3 = Yevhen Chornobryvko

| office4 = Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations

| term_start4 = 1997

| term_end4 = 2001

| predecessor4 = Anatoliy Zlenko

| successor4 = Valeriy Kuchynsky

| office5 = Permanent Representative of Ukraine to international organizations in Vienna

| term_start5 = 2005

| term_end5 = 2010

| predecessor5 = Yuriy Polurez

| successor5 = Ihor Prokopchuk

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|6|27}}

| birth_place = Kyiv, Ukraine

| party =

| spouse =

| children =

| native_name_lang = uk

| native_name = {{nobold|Володимир Єльченко}}

}}

Volodymyr Yuriyovich Yelchenko ({{langx|uk|Володимир Юрійович Єльченко}}; born June 27, 1959) is a Ukrainian diplomat. His latest post was the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, {{cite web|url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/9112019-31305|title=Decree of the President of Ukraine № 911/2019|work=Office of the President of Ukraine|access-date=December 20, 2019|language=uk}} from December 2019 until February 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/europe_ukraine-names-veteran-diplomat-new-us-envoy/6181335.html|title=Ukraine Names Veteran Diplomat as New US Envoy|work=Voice of America|author=Margaret Besheer|date=December 19, 2019|access-date=December 20, 2019}} Previously to this appointment (as Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S), he was the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations since December 9, 2015.[http://www.unian.info/politics/1259802-ex-envoy-to-un-sergeyev-quits-the-foreign-service-becomes-retiree.html Ex-envoy to UN Sergeyev quits the foreign service, becomes retiree], UNIAN (9 February 2016) and was formerly Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia from July 2010 until he was recalled for consultations in March 2014.[http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148&listid=122285 Volodymyr Yelchenko appointed Ukrainian ambassador to the Russian Federation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826090739/http://nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148&listid=122285 |date=2010-08-26 }}, National Radio Company of Ukraine (July 2, 2010)
[http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/17563.html President meets new Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia], Official website of the President of Ukraine (July 2, 2010)

Biography

Yelchenko was born in Kyiv in 1959, the son of the Minister of Culture (1971-1973) Yuriy Nykyforovych Yelchenko. Volodymyr graduated from the Faculty of International Relations and International Law at Kyiv State University in 1981. Since 1981 he has worked in the diplomatic service of Ukraine. Between 1997 and 2000 he acted as Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations in New York, US. From December 2000 till his next post he served at various senior posts within the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine. In 2005 - 2006 he was Ukraine's Ambassador to Austria, in 2006 - 2010 Mr. Yelchenko served as Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Organisations in Vienna, Austria. From 2010 Volodymyr Yelchenko served as Ambassador of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.

On 17 March 2014, Yelchenko was recalled from Moscow for consultations in regards to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-diplomacy/ukraine-recalls-moscow-ambassador-for-consultations-idUSBREA2G13920140317 Ukraine recalls Moscow ambassador for consultations], Reuters (17 March 2014) Ukraine's chargé d'affaires succeeded him as the highest diplomatic representation in Russia.[http://www.unian.info/politics/1455996-ukraines-diplomat-non-approval-of-russias-ambassador-doesnt-mean-full-diplomatic-break.html Ukraine's diplomat: Non-approval of Russia's ambassador doesn't mean full diplomatic break], UNIAN (6 August 2016)

On December 9, 2015, Yelchenko was appointed Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations where he served until being appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States on December 19, 2019.

On 25 February 2021 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Oksana Markarova Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States.[https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-us-diplomacy/ukraine-appoints-former-finance-minister-as-ambassador-to-u-s-idUSL8N2KV8H0 Ukraine appoints former finance minister as ambassador to U.S.], Reuters (25 February 2021)
{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2021/02/25/7284739/ Markarova became Ukraine's new ambassador to the United States], Ukrayinska Pravda (25 February 2021) By a decree of 25 February 2021, Zelensky dismissed Yelchenko from the post of ambassador to the United States, Antigua and Barbuda and Jamaica.