Ihor Ostash

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Ostash.

Ihor Ostash
Ігор Осташ
Ostash in 2016
Ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 August 2016
President	Petro Poroshenko Volodymyr Zelensky
Preceded by	Vitaliy Borovko
Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada
In office 11 September 2006 – 16 June 2011
President	Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Yanukovych
Preceded by	Mykola Maimeskul
Succeeded by	Marko Shevchenko
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office 11 May 1994 – 25 May 2006
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished (1998, 2006) Ivan Havryliuk (2002)
Constituency	Lviv Oblast, Stryi (1994–1998) Lviv Oblast, No. 126 (1998–2002) Lviv Oblast, No. 127 (2002–2006)
Personal details
Born	(1959-08-04) 4 August 1959 Duliby, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political party	Reforms and Order Party (since 1998)
Other political affiliations	Christian Democratic Party (until 1998) Our Ukraine Bloc (2002–2006)
Alma mater	University of Lviv

Ihor Ivanovych Ostash (Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Осташ; born 4 August 1959) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician currently serving as ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon since 2016, previously serving as ambassador of Ukraine to Canada from 2006 to 2011. He also served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Lviv Oblast from 1994 to 2006. He is a member of the Reforms and Order Party.

Early life and education

Ihor Ostash was born on 4 August 1959 in the village of Duliby (Lviv Oblast, Ukraine). Ostash graduated from Lviv Ivan Franko State University (Ukraine), Slavic Department of the Philological Faculty (1982). Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Post-graduate Studies (1985); Harvard University (United States) Post-doctorate studies (1993); Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine), Law Faculty (1998). Ph.D. in Philology (1986). Languages: Ukrainian, English, French, Czech, Polish, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Russian.

Professional career

From 1986 to 1994, Ostash was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine's Oleksandr Potebnya Institute of Linguistics, researcher Department of Literature, Language and Art in the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences, academic secretary International School of Ukrainian Studies, director.

From 1994 to 2006 Ostash was a People's Deputy of Ukraine, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2002. He was Vice President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1999–2005). Member of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (2001–2003).

From 2006 to 2011 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Canada and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Since 23 August 2016 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in the Lebanese Republic.