Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; Member of Parliament; Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on European Integration, Kiev
Borys Tarasyuk is member of the Verkhovna Rada (2002-2005, 2006, 2007-till now), Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) Committee on European Integration. As a carrier diplomat since 1975 he served in the Ukrainian mission to the UN (1981-1986) and as Ambassador in Brussels (1995-1998, BENELUX, NATO, WEU), Deputy Foreign Minister (1992-1994), First Deputy (1994-1995) and two terms as a Foreign Minister (1998-2000 and 2005-2007).
He's chairman of the party “People’s movement of Ukraine” (Rukh) since May, 2003, member of political leadership of Our Ukraine Block. Borys Tarasyuk is the Founder and Director of the Institute of Euro-Atlantic cooperation, which is an independent analytical center (think-tank). Has the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (since 1992).