Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze

Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze was appointed Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration on April 14, 2016. Prior to her appointment, she worked as First Deputy of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Foreign Affairs, and headed its Permanent Delegation in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. She also led Yalta European Strategy, worked as Director of the charity Open Ukraine Foundation, and spent five years as a correspondent with BBC Ukraine in Washington and the Caucasus. Ivanna studied at the State University of Montana and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University. She later received a Master's in International Relations from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.