Rada reappoints Sybiha as foreign minister

The Verkhovna Rada has once again selected Andriy Sybiha to serve as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for a third term. On Wednesday, 266 deputies voted in favor of Sybiha's candidacy, which was put forward by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Sybiha had previously held this position from September 5, 2024, under the government led by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and was reappointed again on July 17, 2025, to the government of Yulia Svyrydenko.

On July 16, 2026, Serhiy Koretsky, a board member of PJSC Ukrnafta, was named prime minister, and the new cabinet's composition was approved. However, the defense and foreign affairs ministers were not appointed at that time, as the president had not submitted his nominees. Consequently, Sybiha acted as the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, handling the duties of the acting minister.

Born in 1975 in Zboriv, Ternopil region, Sybiha graduated from Ivan Franko State University of Lviv in 1997 with a degree in international relations and English translation, followed by a law degree in 1999. He holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Sybiha's career has included roles such as attaché, third and second secretary at the State and Legal Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, second and first secretary at the Embassy of Ukraine in Poland, and various positions within the MFA.

He also served as deputy director of the Treaty and Legal Department, minister-counselor at the Embassy of Ukraine in Poland, director of the Consular Service Department, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkey, Deputy Head of the President's Office, and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs before his latest appointment in September 2024.