Mission of Ukraine to the European Union

Mission of Ukraine to the EU
Location	Brussels
Address	European Union 99-101, avenue Louis Lepoutre, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
Coordinates	50°49′05″N4°21′19″E / 50.81798°N 4.35536°E / 50.81798; 4.35536
Ambassador	Mykola Tochytskyi since 2016
Website	Official Website

The Diplomatic mission of Ukraine to the European Union is the diplomatic mission of Ukraine to the European Union and European Atomic Energy Community; it is based in Brussels, Belgium.

History

Diplomatic relations between the EU and Ukraine were established in December 1991. Next year Ukraine designated its first representative to the EU - Ambassador Volodymyr Vasylenko. ^[1]

The fully-fledged Mission of Ukraine to the European Union was established in Brussels in 1996.

Heads of the Mission

Mission of Ukraine at Avenue Louis Lepoutre/Louis Lepoutrelaan 99–101 in Brussels

Volodymyr Vasylenko (1996–1998), Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine; ^[2]

Ihor MITYUKOV (1996–1998), former Deputy Prime-Minister of Ukraine; ^[3]

Boris HUDYMA (1998–2000), career diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for the relations with the European Union institutions;

Roman SHPEK (2000–2008), former Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the National Agency for Development and European integration;

Andri VESELOVSKY (2008–May 2010), career diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for the relations with the European Union institutions;

Kostiantyn YELISIEIEV (July 2010-July 2015), career diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for the relations with the European Union institutions;

Mykola Tochytskyi (2016–), Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Belgium and to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. ^[4]

Comparison

	European Union	Ukraine
Population	447,206,135 [5]	42,539,010
Area	4,232,147 km2 (1,634,041 sq mi) [6]	603,500 km² (6,592,800 sq mi)
Population Density	115/km² (300 /sq mi)	73.8/km2 (191/sq mi)
Capital	Brussels (de facto)	Kyiv
Global Cities	Paris, Rome, Berlin, Warsaw, Vienna, Madrid, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Stockholm, Prague, Helsinki, Athens etc.	Kyiv
Government	Supranational parliamentary democracy based on the European treaties [7]	Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
First Leader	High Authority President Jean Monnet	President Leonid Kravchuk
Current Leader	Council President Charles Michel Commission President Ursula von der Leyen	President Volodymyr Zelensky Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal
Official languages	Languages of the EU	Ukrainian
GDP (nominal)	$16.033 trillion ($35,851 per capita) [8]	$122.875 billion ($2915.484 per capita) [9]
GDP (PPP)	$20.366 trillion ($45,541 per capita) [10]	$426.791 billion ($10126.589 per capita) [11]

See also

• Ukraine–European Union relations
• Mykola Tochytskyi
• Foreign relations of Ukraine

References

1. "Mission of Ukraine to the European Union - History of the Mission of Ukraine to the EU".
2. Указ Президента України № 454/95 від 31 серпня 1992
3. Указ Президента України № 643/95 від 24 липня 1995
4. УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №36/2016 Про призначення М.Точицького Представником України при Європейському Союзі та Європейському Співтоваристві з атомної енергії
5. "Eurostat-Tables,Graphs and Maps Interface（TGM）table". European Commission . Retrieved 9 March 2015.
6. "Field Listing – Area". The World Factbook . Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
7. Parliamentary democracy and the Treaty of Lisbon Archived 21 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
8. "IMF EU Nominal" . Retrieved 18 March 2020.
9. "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects: IMF Ukraine Nominal". imf.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
10. "IMF EU PPP" . Retrieved 18 March 2020.
11. "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects: IMF Ukraine PPP". imf.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 29 September 2020.