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Sergii Nizhynskyi

Sergii Nizhynskyi
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Cyprus

Date of birth: January 5, 1984

Place of birth: Kyiv, Ukraine

Nationality: Ukrainian

Family: Married, raising a son

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English, Italian

Work experience

07.2025 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Cyprus (Presidential Decree of Ukraine No. 527/2025).

06.2020 – 2025 Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration.

09.2019 – 03.2020 Deputy Minister of Social Policy on European Integration.

12.2016 – 09.2019 Director of the Department for Strategic Planning and Coordination of State Policy, Monitoring of International Obligations, Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

08.2016 – 12.2016 Deputy Director of the Department of Legal and Legislative Work, Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

04.2016 Deputy Head of the Department – Head of the International Division, State Service of Ukraine on Issues of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol (Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine).

2015–2016 Head of the Department of Social Integration of Refugees in Ukraine, Main Directorate of the State Migration Service of Ukraine, Kyiv

2014–2015 Senior Prosecutor of the Holosiivsky District Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv for International Investigations (Special Group of the Investigative Department of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office for Investigating "Euromaidan" Crimes)

2012–2014 Postgraduate Student at the Academy of the Prosecutor's Office and part-time Lawyer at a Private Notary of the Kyiv City Notary District

2011–2012 Deputy Director of the Scientific Foreign Trade Company "Spektr" (State Enterprise Ukrinmash-Ukrspecexport) / Vice-Representative of the Company in the Republic of Cuba

2010 Chief Coordinator of Eta Travel Ukraine LLC

2007–2010 Chief Specialist of the International Legal Department and Diplomatic Protocol of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine

2006–2007 Assistant to a Member of Parliament of Ukraine

Public Activity

03.2022 "Brand Ambassador" for the American charitable foundation "Help Heroes of Ukraine" of the Ukrainian diaspora, in Illinois, Chicago. (http://helpheroesofukraine.com)

2018 Founder and Coordinator of the Migration Issues Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association. (http://www.uba.ua)

2015 Member of the Executive Committee of the "Ukrainian Association of Prosecutors". (www.uap.org.ua)

2015 Lecturer of the special course "Human Rights" for the short-term educational program "Summer Law School" by the U.S. Government at Taras Shevchenko National University.

2013 Head of the Public Organization "UA Experts Leadership Club". (https://ua-experts.org)

Education, Courses, Trainings

2018 Graduate of the Stanford University Leadership Academy at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

2017 KSAP – Lech Kaczynski School of Public Administration, Warsaw, Poland.

2015 Graduate of the grant program for training the elite corps of civil servants of the world at the US Department of State in Washington «NAGTRI –US Government Program».

2012 - 2014 Candidate of Law (Ph.D.) Department of Civil Law, Candidate of the Academy of the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine

2013 СoESPU: Training Center of Peacekeeping Contingents for Civilians, Police, Military and Advanced Training by the US Department of State and the UN, (Vicenza, Italy)

2005 - 2007 Master of Law, Faculty of Law, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Specialization: Master of Law. Diploma with honors.

2003 - 2005 Military Department at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

2001 - 2005 Student of the Faculty of Law of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Specialty: Bachelor of Law. Diploma with honors

1991 - 2001 Completed secondary education at the Kyiv comprehensive school No. 144


2008 Italy, Sardinia (Cagliari), Intensive language school “Courso per Stranieri”

Achievements

1. Gratitude and award for significant achievements in international legal cooperation of the GPU.

2. Gratitude of the Republic of Cuba for the establishment of economic relations between the countries (October 2011).

3. Diploma of a graduate of the US Department of State CoESPU - 2013.

4. Diploma of a graduate of the US Department of State grant program in Washington "NAGTRI -US Government Program" - 2015.

5. Order "Pride of the Ukrainian Association of Prosecutors" for an active position in exposing corruption in state authorities. - December 1, 2016.

6. Gratitude of the Minister of Culture of Ukraine "For the development of cultural values of Ukraine and patriotic public position" – 09.30.2017 (development and creation of the "Mother Monument" project).

7. Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine – 06.25.2018.

8. Diploma of a graduate of the "School of Diplomatic Etiquette" of Halyna Naumenko at the Diplomatic Academy G. Udovenko - 2010.

9. Attendee of business etiquette courses of Natalia Adamenko - 2018.

10. Certificate of Honor of the Prime Minister of Ukraine, 2023.

11. Order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny V., 2023.

12. Award of the Chairman of the FIS of Ukraine, 2023.

Scientific work and publications

1. “Civil liability for corrupt acts” (scientific work) – Ph.D.

2. Member of the editorial board of the Brazilian scientific publication “The ESMP Academic Journal”. More than 60 publications in scientific and professional publications and international monographs.

3. Head of the editorial board of the Socio-legal discourse “UA Experts”

https://ua-experts.org/our-publications/

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