18 Facts About Dmytro Kuleba

Dmytro Kuleba was concurrently a member of the National Defense and Security Council of Ukraine.

Dmytro Kuleba subsequently obtained a Candidate of Sciences degree in Law in 2006.

Dmytro Kuleba has served in Ukraine's diplomatic service and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2003.

Dmytro Kuleba abandoned public service in 2013, citing his disagreement with Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych's course, and chaired the UART Foundation for Cultural Diplomacy.

At the height of the early stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014, Dmytro Kuleba decided to return to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Ambassador-at-Large to launch strategic communications.

Dmytro Kuleba introduced the concepts of digital diplomacy, strategic communications, cultural diplomacy and public diplomacy into the Ministry's work.

In 2016, Dmytro Kuleba was appointed Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe.

Dmytro Kuleba served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 4 March 2020 to 4 September 2024.

In December 2022 Dmytro Kuleba criticized India for buying cheap Russian oil.

In July 2023 when Ukrainian four-time individual world sabre champion Olga Kharlan was disqualified at the World Fencing Championships for not shaking the hand of her defeated Russian opponent, though she instead offered a tapping of blades in acknowledgement, Dmytro Kuleba voiced support for Kharlan.

Dmytro Kuleba told an audience at the World Economic Forum in January 2024:.

On December 17,2024, it became known that from January 2025, Dmytro Kuleba will become an associate professor at the Sciences Po and will teach wartime diplomacy there.

Dmytro Kuleba is a consistent supporter of Ukraine joining the European Union and NATO.

Dmytro Kuleba is in favor of providing Ukraine with an Action Program on NATO membership.

Dmytro Kuleba has repeatedly noted that Ukrainian identity is Central European, and he considers the deepening of relations and integration with neighboring countries in Central Europe to be one of the priorities of foreign policy.

Dmytro Kuleba was a guest on the American talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on 22 September 2022.

In December 2017, Dmytro Kuleba was named the best Ukrainian ambassador of the Year 2017 by the Institute of World Policy.

Dmytro Kuleba's father Ivan Kuleba is a career diplomat, a former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, as well as Ukraine's ambassador to Egypt, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, and Armenia.