H.E. Dr. Vasyl Khymynets has been the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Austria since October 2021.
Professional career
- Head of the First Territorial Department for Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine(2015–2021)
- Minister-Counselor, Embassy of Ukraine in Berlin In 2012 and 2014 Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Ukraine(2009–2015)
- Deputy Head, Head of the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine(2008–2009)
- Head of the Social and Humanitarian Affairs Division in the Department of Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine(2007–2008)
- First Secretary, Embassy of Ukraine in Berlin(2003–2007)
- Head of the Department for Ukrainian Diaspora, National Minorities, and Denominations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine(2001–2003)
- Second Secretary, Department for Cultural, Social, and Humanitarian Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine(2001)
- Second Secretary, Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Austria(1997–2001 )
- Chair of German Studies, Uzhhorod National University(1993–1997)
Education
- Doctorate on the topic of Ukrainian-German relations. Awarded doctoral degree(2008)
- Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Master’s degree in Foreign Policy(2001–2002)
- Faculty of Economics, Uzhhorod National University(1997)
- Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology, specializing in German Studies, Uzhhorod National University(1987–1993)