Mission of Ukraine to the European Union

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Mission of Ukraine to the EU
Location	Brussels
Address	European Union 99-101, avenue Louis Lepoutre, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
Coordinates	50°49′05″N 4°21′19″E / 50.81798°N 4.35536°E / 50.81798; 4.35536
Ambassador	Mykola Tochytskyi since 2016
Website	Official Website

The Diplomatic mission of Ukraine to the European Union is the diplomatic mission of Ukraine to the European Union and European Atomic Energy Community; it is based in Brussels, Belgium.

Diplomatic relations between the EU and Ukraine were established in December 1991. Next year Ukraine designated its first representative to the EU - Ambassador Volodymyr Vasylenko.^[1]

The fully-fledged Mission of Ukraine to the European Union was established in Brussels in 1996.

Volodymyr Vasylenko (1996–1998), Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine;^[2]

Ihor MITYUKOV (1996–1998), former Deputy Prime-Minister of Ukraine;^[3]

Boris HUDYMA (1998–2000), career diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for the relations with the European Union institutions;

Roman SHPEK (2000–2008), former Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the National Agency for Development and European integration;

Andri VESELOVSKY (2008–May 2010), career diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for the relations with the European Union institutions;

Kostiantyn YELISIEIEV (July 2010-July 2015), career diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for the relations with the European Union institutions;

Mykola Tochytskyi (2016–), Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Belgium and to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.^[4]

	European Union	Ukraine
Population	447,206,135[5]	42,539,010
Area	4,232,147 km2 (1,634,041 sq mi)[6]	603,500 km² (6,592,800 sq mi)
Population Density	115/km² (300 /sq mi)	73.8/km2 (191/sq mi)
Capital	Brussels (de facto)	Kyiv
Global Cities	Paris, Rome, Berlin, Warsaw, Vienna, Madrid, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Stockholm, Prague, Helsinki, Athens etc.	Kyiv
Government	Supranational parliamentary democracy based on the European treaties[7]	Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
First Leader	High Authority President Jean Monnet	President Leonid Kravchuk
Current Leader	Council President Charles Michel Commission President Ursula von der Leyen	President Volodymyr Zelensky Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal
Official languages	Languages of the EU	Ukrainian
GDP (nominal)	$16.033 trillion ($35,851 per capita)[8]	$122.875 billion ($2915.484 per capita)[9]
GDP (PPP)	$20.366 trillion ($45,541 per capita)[10]	$426.791 billion ($10126.589 per capita)[11]

• Ukraine–European Union relations
• Mykola Tochytskyi
• Foreign relations of Ukraine