Former Foreign Minister Anatoly Zlenko dies

Anatoly Zlenko, the first head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of independent Ukraine, died at the age of 82.

This was announced on Twitter by the former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, former permanent representative of Ukraine to the EU, Konstantin Eliseev.

“With inexpressible pain I received the tragic news that the first head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of independent Ukraine, my teacher and diplomat father Anatoly Maksimovich Zlenko, has passed away! Everything I have achieved in diplomacy is thanks to his school of diplomacy. Our condolences to the Zlenko family. Eternal memory! “- he wrote.

Anatoly Maksimovich Zlenko graduated from Shevchenko State University in Kiev. He began his career in diplomatic work in 1967. Since 1983 – Permanent Representative of the Ukrainian SSR to UNESCO, in 1989-1990 – First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

In 1990-1994, Anatoly Zlenko worked as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Since 1994 – Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN.

The second time Zlenko became Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2000, he held this position until 2003.

In 2004-2005, Zlenko served as Ukraine’s representative on the UN Commission on Human Rights. He served as an advisor to the president and prime minister on special international affairs.

We will remember, “Strana” wrote about how Ukraine’s ambassador to China Sergey Kamyshev died of a heart attack in mid-February.

It was also reported that a famous dissident from the time of the USSR Olga Goryn died in Lviv last month.