'Professor from trenches' to lead Ukraine's Embassy in Hungary
Photo: Fedir Shandor (facebook.com/tourism.uz.ua)
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed a new ambassador of Ukraine to Hungary. He is Ukrainian volunteer Fedir Shandor from Zakarpattia, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing presidential decree №876.
Fedir Shandor is a Ukrainian of Hungarian descent originally from the Zakarpattia region. He voluntarily joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces in February 2023 and is a fighter of the 101st Zakarpattia Territorial Defense Brigade.
Fedir Shandor is also a professor at the Uzhhorod National University. On social media, he is called the "professor from the trenches." As early as 2022, footage appeared online showing Shandor lecturing his students directly from the trenches during breaks between combat duties.
Photo: Fedir Shandor giving a lecture (facebook.com/Uzhhorod)
The position of Ukraine's ambassador to Hungary has been vacant since July 2022 due to strained relations between the countries. In July 2022, Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Lyudmyla Nepop from this position.
In August 2023, Hungary announced that it had approved Fedir Shandor's candidacy for the post of the new Ukrainian ambassador.
Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed and appointed a number of ambassadors, including the ambassadors to Slovenia, Lithuania, Japan, and China.
Furthermore, the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, was dismissed.
Recently, Zelenskyy noted that Ukraine's new representative to the UN will be Andriy Melnyk, who had previously served as ambassador to Germany and Brazil
