Borys Tarasyuk

Infobox Politician
name = Borys Tarasyuk
_uk. Борис Тарасюк
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imagesize = 250px
caption = Borys Tarasyuk (right) with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
office = 3^rd Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
term_start = April 17, 1998
term_end = September 29, 2000
predecessor = Hennadiy Udovenko
successor = Anatoliy Zlenko
office2 = 6^th Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
term_start2 = February 4, 2005
term_end2 = January 30, 2007
predecessor2 = Kostiantyn Hryshchenko
successor2 = Volodymyr Ohryzko
birth_date = birth date and age|1949|1|1
birth_place = flagicon|USSR Romaniv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
party = People's Movement of Ukraine (Chairman)
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religion =

Borys Ivanovych Tarasyuk ( _uk. Борис Іванович Тарасюк; born January 1, 1949) is a Ukrainian politician. He has twice served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. He is from Zhytomyr Oblast. Tarasyuk studied international relations and international law at National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, and graduated in 1975. Besides Ukrainian, he is fluent in English, French and Russian.

Career as foreign minister

Tarasyuk served as deputy of foreign minister from March 9, 1992 till September 16, 1995. In 1995 - 1998 he was ambassador in Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Ukraine representative in NATO.He become foreign minister for the first time from April 17, 1998 until September 29, 2000. He later broke with President Leonid Kuchma, and became a foreign relations adviser to Viktor Yushchenko, the main opposition candidate in the 2004 presidential elections. After Ukraine's Orange Revolution, Tarasyuk became foreign minister again on February 4, 2005, and served in the Cabinets of Yulia Tymoshenko, Yuriy Yekhanurov, and Viktor Yanukovych. Tarasyuk favors Ukrainian integration with the European Union.

Tarasyuk was formally dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada on December 1,2006. He disputed this dismissal in Kyiv Shevchenkivskyi district court, and on December 5 parliament's decision was reversed on the grounds that it violated Ukrainian law. On the same day, Yushchenko issued a decree that Tarasyuk must keep his job. [cite web|url=http://www.president.gov.ua/news/data/6_12314.html |title=Shevchenkivskyi district court ruled that the Verkhovna rada dismissal of Tarasyuk is ineffective |accessdate= |accessmonthday=May 21 |accessyear=2007 |work=Official website of the President of Ukraine |language=Ukrainian]

Despite this court order and presidential decree, he was not allowed to enter cabinet meetings and this caused political conflict based on interpretations of amendments to Constitution. On January 30, 2007, Tarasyuk announced his resignation. [cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/30/news/ukraine.php |title=Ukraine president loses one of his last remaining cabinet allies |date= |month= January 30 |year=2007 |work=International Herald Tribune |language=Ukrainian]

Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

Borys Tarasyuk is the founder of the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation ("IEAC"), a political action committee established to campaign for NATO- and European Union memberships in Ukraine. The group is funded by Western donations and is open about its goals. The IEAC' logo juxtaposes the flag of Ukraine with the logos of NATO and the European Union. However, polls cited by Tarasyuk show that only between 18% and 22% of Ukraine's population support NATO-membership. [cite web|url=http://www.csdr.org/2005book/tarasyuk.htm< |title=The Orange Revolution: Six Months Later |date= |month= June 10-12 |year=2007 |work=Center for Strategic Decision Research ]

The Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation has influenced Ukraine state policy in the past. For example, a report produced by the Institute titled " [http://www.moldova.org/download/eng/510 Trilateral Plan for Solving the Transnistrian Issue] " recommended changes to the customs regime relating to Transnistria. Less than five weeks after the report's publication, the recommendations were implement and signed into law. Ukraine-Transnistria border customs conflict followed on March 3, 2006. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE"), the European Union, and the United States backed the legislation, while Russia opposed it.

Academic degrees and awards

* 2005 State Order "For Merits", I Grade
* 2002 Doctor Honoris Causa of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
* 1999 State Order "For Merits", II Grade
* 1996 State Order "For Merits", III Grade
* 1992 Diplomatic Rank of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Borys Tarasyuk has been decorated with highest state awards of Argentina, Brazil, France, Lithuania, Portugal, Sweden and Venezuela.

References

External links

* [http://www.ieac.org.ua/ The IEAC official website]

Persondata
NAME= Tarasyuk, Borys Ivanovych
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Ukrainian politician, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
DATE OF BIRTH= January 1, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH= Romaniv, Zhytomyr Oblast
DATE OF DEATH=
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