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{{short description|Ukrainian diplomat and politician}}
{{Family name hatnote|Ivanovych|Ostash|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Ihor Ostash
| native_name_lang    = uk
| image               = Ігор Осташ, український дипломат.jpg
| caption             = Ostash in 2016
| office              = [[Ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon]]
| term_start          = 23 August 2016
| president           = {{plainlist|
* [[Petro Poroshenko]]
* [[Volodymyr Zelensky]]
}}
| predecessor         = Vitaliy Borovko
| office1             = [[Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada]]
| term_start1         = 11 September 2006
| term_end1           = 16 June 2011
| president1          = {{plainlist|
* [[Viktor Yushchenko]]
* [[Viktor Yanukovych]]
}}
| predecessor1        = Mykola Maimeskul
| successor1          = Marko Shevchenko
| office2             = [[People's Deputy of Ukraine]]
| term_start2         = 11 May 1994
| term_end2           = 25 May 2006
| predecessor2        = ''Constituency established''
| successor2          = {{plainlist|
* ''Constituency abolished'' <small>(1998, 2006)</small>
* {{ill|Ivan Havryliuk|uk|Гаврилюк Іван Ярославович}} <small>(2002)</small>
}}
| constituency2       = {{plainlist|
* [[Lviv Oblast]], [[Stryi]] <small>(1994–1998)</small>
* [[Lviv Oblast]], [[Ukraine's 126th electoral district|No. 126]] <small>(1998–2002)</small>
* Lviv Oblast, [[Ukraine's 127th electoral district|No. 127]] <small>(2002–2006)</small>
}}
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|8|4}}
| birth_place         = [[Duliby, Hrabovets-Duliby rural hromada, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast|Duliby]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (now Ukraine)
| party               = [[Reforms and Order Party]] (since 1998)
| otherparty          = {{plainlist|
* [[Christian Democratic Union (Ukraine)|Christian Democratic Party]] (until 1998)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Осташ Ігор Іванович |trans-title=Ostash, Ihor Ivanovych |url=http://dovidka.com.ua/user/?code=46922 |access-date=17 December 2023 |website=Officials of Ukraine Today |language=uk}}</ref>
* [[Our Ukraine Bloc]] (2002–2006)
}}
| alma_mater          = [[University of Lviv]]
| native_name         = {{nobold|Ігор Осташ}}
}}
'''Ihor Ivanovych Ostash''' ({{langx|uk|Ігор Іванович Осташ}}; born 4 August 1959) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician currently serving as ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon since 2016, previously serving as [[ambassador of Ukraine to Canada]] from 2006 to 2011. He also served as a [[People's Deputy of Ukraine]] from [[Lviv Oblast]] from 1994 to 2006. He is a member of the [[Reforms and Order Party]].
== Early life and education ==
Ihor Ostash was born on 4 August 1959 in the village of [[Duliby, Hrabovets-Duliby rural hromada, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast|Duliby]] ([[Lviv Oblast]], [[Ukraine]]). Ostash graduated from [[University of Lviv|Lviv Ivan Franko State University]] ([[Ukraine]]), Slavic Department of the Philological Faculty (1982). Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Post-graduate Studies (1985); [[Harvard University]] ([[United States]]) Post-doctorate studies (1993); [[Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv]] ([[Ukraine]]), Law Faculty  (1998). Ph.D. in Philology (1986). Languages: Ukrainian, English, French, Czech, Polish, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Russian.<ref>[https://lebanon.mfa.gov.ua/en/embassy/ambassador/cv Embassy of Ukraine in the Lebanese Republic]</ref>
== Professional career ==
From 1986 to 1994, Ostash was a member of the [[Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]]'s Oleksandr Potebnya Institute of Linguistics, researcher Department of Literature, Language and Art in the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences, academic secretary International School of Ukrainian Studies, director.
From 1994 to 2006 Ostash was a [[People's Deputy of Ukraine]], serving as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2002. He was Vice President of the [[OSCE Parliamentary Assembly]] (1999–2005). Member of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (2001–2003).
From 2006<ref>[https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/748/2006 DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE N 748/2006 Про призначення І. Осташа Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Канаді]</ref><ref>[https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/897/2006 DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE N 897/2006 Про призначення І. Осташа Представником України при Міжнародній організації цивільної авіації (ІКАО)]</ref> to 2011<ref>[https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/en/669/2011 DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE N 669/2011 Про звільнення І. Осташа з посад Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Канаді та Представника України при Міжнародній організації цивільної авіації (ІКАО)]</ref> – [[List of ambassadors of Ukraine to Canada|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Canada]] and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the [[International Civil Aviation Organization]] ([[ICAO]]).
Since 23 August 2016<ref>[http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/3512016-20397 DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE №&nbsp;351/2016 Про призначення І.Осташа Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Ліванській Республіці]</ref> – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of [[Ukraine]] in the [[Lebanese Republic]].<ref>[https://mfa.gov.ua/en/press-center/news/73008-posol-ukrajini-v-livani-iostash-dav-intervju-livansykomu-telekanalu-mariame-tv Ihor Ostash, Ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanese Republic gave an interview to Lebanese TV channel Mariame TV]</ref><ref>[https://en.annahar.com/article/746823-ihor-ostash-qa-with-ukrainian-ambassador-to-lebanon Ihor Ostash, Q&A with Ukrainian Ambassador to Lebanon]</ref>
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