Anatolii Dron

Anatoliy Andriyovych Dron (Ukrainian: Анатолій Андрійович Дронь; born on 18 March 1945), is a Ukrainian statesman, politician, and diplomat who last served as the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine from 2003 to 2005.

He served as the Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus from 1998 to 2003. He was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 1996 to 1998

He also served as a member of the Verhkovna Rada from 1990 to 1998.

He had been a full member of the Academy of Construction of Ukraine in 1994, AENU in 1996, and is a honored worker of housing and communal services of Ukraine.

Biography

Anatoliy Dron was born on 18 March 1945 in Sedniv in the Chernihiv Oblast.

In the parliamentary elections of 1994, reelected to the 2nd convocation, gaining 50.45% of the votes among 6 candidates in the second round of elections.

In 1997, he defended his dissertation for the title of Candidate of Economic Sciences, the topic of his thesis was “The housing market in Ukraine: formation, specifics and development prospects”.

On 3 January 1998, Dron became the Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus.

On 15 July 2003, he became the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for relations with the Verkhovna Rada.

On 16 June 2005, he was dismissed as first deputy minister.

On 21 February 2007, he was appointed the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee - Executive Secretary of the CIS Executive Committee by Viktor Yushchenko.

On 12 November 2014, he was dismissed by Petro Poroshenko.

Family

He can speak Belarusian, French, and Russian. He is married has a daughter.