Volodymyr Khandohiy
| Volodymyr Khandohiy Володимир Дмитрович Хандогій |
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| Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom | |
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Assumed office 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Ihor Kharchenko |
| Succeeded by | Natalia Galibarenko |
| Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine | |
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In office March 3, 2009 – October 9, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Volodymyr Ohryzko |
| Succeeded by | Petro Poroshenko |
| Ambassador of Ukraine to Belgium and Luxembourg | |
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In office 2000–2005 |
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| Preceded by | Kostiantyn Hryshchenko |
| Succeeded by | Yaroslav Koval |
| Ambassador of Ukraine to the Netherlands | |
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In office 2000–2002 |
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| Preceded by | Kostiantyn Hryshchenko |
| Succeeded by | Dmytro Markov |
| Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada | |
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In office 1998–2000 |
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| Preceded by | Volodymyr Furkalo |
| Succeeded by | Yuriy Shcherbak |
| Personal details | |
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February 21, 1953 Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Volodymyr Dmytrovych Khandohiy (Ukrainian: Володимир Дмитрович Хандогій) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician. Khandohiy was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for six months in 2009.
Volodymyr Khandohiy graduated from the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv and started his diplomatic career in 1975. Khandohiy is a former Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg (2000-2005) and the Netherlands (2000-2002) and a former Head of the Mission of Ukraine to NATO (2000-2005). Between 1995 and 1998 and from December 27, 2005 till his appointment as acting Minister he was a Deputy Foreign Minister.
Khandohiy was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, after (on March 3, 2009) his predecessor Volodymyr Ohryzko was fired by the Ukrainian Parliament. On 9 October 2009 this parliament appointed Petro Poroshenko as foreign minister.
In 2012 he said that Yevhen Khytrov was a victim of bad refereeing at the 20123 London Olympics.
Khandohiy is married, and has a son and daughter.
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