Vasyl Tsybenko

Vasyl Hryhorovych Tsybenko (; born 8 January 1950) is a Ukrainian politician and diplomat, who served as from 2009 to 2015. He was also the from 2001 to 2009. He served as the Governor of Cherkasy Oblast from 1995 to 1998, and as Chairman of Cherkasy Oblast Council from 1994 to 1998.

Biography Vasyl Tsybenko was born on 8 January 1950 in , Khrystynivka Raion, Cherkasy Oblast.

In 1972, he graduated from the Kiev Automobile and Road Institute and began his working route engineer of the Uman Automobile Column No. 2234. He later worked as the head of the operation department and the deputy chief of this column.

In 1977, he was an instructor of the industrial and transport department of the Uman City Communist Party of Ukraine. In 1980, he was an instructor of the Industrial and Transport Department of Cherkasy Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine.

In 1984, he was a Deputy Head of the Industrial and Transport Division of the Cherkasy Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, since 1986.

In 1988, he was elected the first secretary of the Dnieper district committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine in Cherkasy. In 1991, he was the chairman of the Dnieper District Council of People's Deputies of Cherkasy and at the same time the chairman of its executive committee.

On 30 April 1992, he was appointed by the first deputy chairman of the Cherkasy Oblast State Administration.

On 14 February 1994, Tsybenko had been appointed the Presidential Representative of Cherkasy Oblast. In June 1994, he was elected chairman of Cherkasy Oblast Council. On 7 July 1995, Tsybenko became governor of Cherkasy Oblast. On 11 June 1998, he left office.

Head of the Main Directorate for Control over the Enforcement of Acts of the President of Ukraine in the Presidential Administration of Ukraine.

On 20 January 1999, he was the Head of the Main Directorate for Control over the Execution of Acts of the President of Ukraine in the Presidential Administration of Ukraine.

On 15 February 2000, Tysbenko became the Deputy Minister of Transport. On 15 November, he was promoted as first deputy minister.

On 30 August 2001, Tsybenko became the .

On 29 November 2005, he became the First Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of Ukraine. On 10 August 2006, he had resigned, and had been dismissed by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

On 10 June 2009, Tysbenko became the . In February 2015, several opposition members expressed dissatisfaction as ruling coalition regretted the position of Tsybenko, justifying the appointment of a former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who was the adviser to the president of Ukraine at that time. On 18 June he was dismissed as ambassador by President Petro Poroshenko.