Olha Stefanishyna

Career After a short career as legal adviser, Stefanishyna joined the Ministry of Justice at the end of 2007.

She worked as the director of the Government Office for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Cabinet of Ministers Secretariat from March to December 2017. The party also failed to win a constituency seat. Following the election, Stefanishyna worked for the law firm Ilyashev & Partners for a short period. A Chair of the Commission for Equal Rights for Women and Men A Chair of the working group for approach agreement to the application of the carbon border adjustment mechanism to Ukraine in consultation with the European Commission A Chair of the Ukrainian delegation for participation in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow A Chair of the Interagency Working Group on Coordination of Integrated Border Management Co-chair of the High-Level Dialogue Working Group on the European Green Deal and Ukraine's Green Transition

The dialogue was launched in February 2021 by the prime minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and the vice-president of the European Commission on the European Green Deal Frans Timmermans.

Deputy Head of the Commission for Coordination of the Implementation of the Association Agreement Deputy Head of the Interministerial Working Group on Coordination of Climate Change in the framework of the European Commission's initiative “European Green Deal”. Develops the Ukraine-EU dialogue on Ukraine's involvement in the processes of forming the European Green Deal and further synchronization of national climate change policy with European regulation Member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Member of the National Reform Council Member of the council of political party “Servant of the people”

The list of Commissions chaired from Ukrainian side by the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine:

Ukrainian-Slovak Joint Commission on economic, industrial and scientific-technical cooperation Ukrainian-German High Level Group on economic cooperation |group=nb

In March 2021 she became a council member of the political party Servant of the People.

On 17 July 2025, Stefanishyna was appointed as Ukrainian special envoy to the United States. She was officially appointed as ambassador to Washington on 27 August 2025.

On 3 August 2026, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Stefanishyna from her position as Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States. On 6 August, prosecutors revealed that Stefanishyna was suspected of illegal enrichment and failure to disclose assets after she had concealed ​two apartments and other assets worth ​around $310,000 from authorities.

Accolades Stefanishyna was ranked 45th in Focus magazine's "100 most influential Ukrainians" list in 2021, and 14th place on their "100 most influential women of Ukraine in 2021" list. She has also been awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Cabinet of Ministers. In 2025, the Focus magazine ranked Stefanishyna 17th among most influential Ukrainian politicians as part of the top 50 list of most influential Ukrainians.