# Zelensky appoints former European integration minister Kachka as EU ambassador

https://mins.news/en/item/93852

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-09 20:47 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-appoints-former-european-integration-minister-kachka-as-eu-ambassador/

> A decree published on Oct. 9 names former deputy prime minister Taras Kachka as Ukraine’s representative to the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community. While overseeing European integration, Kachka saw Ukraine open its first two accession negotiation clusters.

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