Zelenskyy appoints Ukraine's ambassadors to Australia, Mozambique as concurrent ambassadors to Fiji, Mauritius

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Vasyl Myroshnychenko, the country's ambassador to Australia, as the ambassador to Fiji and Rostyslav Tronenko, the ambassador to Mozambique, as the ambassador to Mauritius. This decision has been announced through decrees No. 1082/2026 and No. 1083/2026, which are now available on the president's website.

Myroshnychenko, who has been Ukraine's ambassador to Australia since April 1, 2022, previously held various roles in international organizations and companies. He served as the head of the European Youth Parliament – Ukraine from 2002 to 2004, was a partner at CFC Big Ideas from 2006 to 2022, and co-founded the Ukraine Crisis Media Center in 2014.

He also chaired the Professional Government Association from 2015 to 2016. Additionally, he has been a member of the supervisory board of the Ukrainian Institute since May 2021 and an advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine since March 2022.

Tronenko, on the other hand, has had an extensive diplomatic career. He worked as a translator in Mozambique from 1984 to 1986 and began his diplomatic journey in Ukraine in 1992. He held positions such as a fellow in the UN Human Rights Program in Geneva and Strasbourg in 1993, an official UN observer at the first democratic elections in Mozambique in 1994, and an advisor to the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN in Vienna from 1997 to 1999.

From 1999 to 2001, he served as Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Brazil. He held the ambassador positions in Portugal from 2005 to 2010 and Brazil from 2012 to 2021. In January 2025, Tronenko was appointed as Ukraine's ambassador to Mozambique, with his residence in Maputo.