Valeriy Chaly

Valeriy Chaly is a Ukrainian diplomat. He holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. His most recent position was the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States (2015-2019).

Ambassador Chaly previously served as Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Ukraine (2014-2015), Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2009-2010).

In 2006 to 2009 and 2010 to 2014, he worked as Deputy Director General of a leading Central and Easter Europe think tank, Razumkov Centre, where he supervised foreign policy, international law, and security programs. He was a Chair of the Civil Society Expert Council with the EU-Ukraine Cooperation Committee. 

Having finished his work as Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S., Valeriy Chaly is back in the non-governmental sector as the chair of the Ukraine Crisis Media Center (UCMC) board.