Yurii Kostenko

Yurii Vasylyovych Kostenko (Юрій Васильович Костенко) (born 1945) is a Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the People's Republic of China.

Biography
Born in the city of Kyiv November 6, 1945. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (1968), department of history;

1968 – 1971 – Attaché, Third Secretary, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic;

1971 – 1972 – Service in the Armed Forces;

1972 – 1975 – Third Secretary in the reserve, Third, Second Secretary of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

1975 – 1984 – Assistant to the Minister, First Secretary, Counselor, Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

1984 – 1985 – Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian SSR Commission on UNESCO affairs;

1985 – 1988 – Head of the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

1988 – 1994 – Permanent Representative of Ukraine to International Organizations in Vienna;

1992 – 1994 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Austrian Republic; Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Vienna negotiations of security and cooperation in Europe;

1994 – 1997 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Germany;

1997 – 2001 – Ambassador-at-Large, Inspector-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

2001 – 2006 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Japan

2004 – 2006 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Philippines

2006 – 2008 – Deputy minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

2008 – 2009 – Acting First Deputy minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

August 2009 – 12.09.2012 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the People's Republic of China.