Taras Kachka became Ukraine’s representative to the EU and trade representative

Taras Kachka will work as the representative of Ukraine to the European Union in Brussels and will simultaneously perform the duties of the Trade Representative of Ukraine.

This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.

According to the head of state, one of Kachka’s main tasks will be further work on negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.

“We are waiting for a decision on four more clusters. I believe that Taras will be able to implement this most effectively at the Ukrainian Mission to the EU in Brussels. Given his high efficiency and experience in trade policy, he will also combine this work with performing the functions of Ukraine’s trade representative within the framework of our bilateral trade agreements with key partners,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram.

The President noted that during the conversation with Kachka, they discussed the further course of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU.

“We need to develop more sectoral, detailed work to go through the already open clusters in negotiations with the European Union on Ukraine’s accession and focus on communication with both EU institutions and the governments of member states to open the next clusters,” the head of state emphasized.

Zelensky added that government officials and the diplomatic team of the President’s Office will support Kachka in fulfilling the assigned tasks.

Taras Kachka was born in 1979. In 2000–2001, he received a Master of Laws degree from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and in 2004–2005, he studied at the National School of Public Administration in Poland, majoring in Public Administration.

In 2001–2004, he worked as a senior specialist at the Center for European and Comparative Law at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.

From September 2005 to September 2011, he held the positions of Deputy and First Deputy Head of the State Department for Harmonization of Legislation of Ukraine.

From June 2011 to January 2012, he headed the Department of International Economic Relations of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

In 2014–2015, he was the acting president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, and in 2015, he was the vice president for strategic development of the chamber.

Since September 6, 2019, he has held the position of Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine and Trade Representative of Ukraine.

From July 2025 to July 2026, he was Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration.

It was previously reported that the Verkhovna Rada approved the new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The corresponding resolution No. 15415 was supported by 264 people’s deputies.

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