The minister of foreign affairs (Ukrainian: Міністр закордонних справ) is the foreign minister of Ukraine and head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is in charge of the diplomatic corps and realization of the foreign policy of Ukraine. The minister of foreign affairs is appointed by the president.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Міністр закордонних справ України
Incumbent Dmytro Kuleba since 4 March 2020
Appointer	President of Ukraine
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Anatoliy Zlenko
Formation	24 August 1991
Succession	First deputy minister

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Since Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the nation has had 14 foreign ministers (not including acting ones). During the Ukrainian chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in 2013, the Ukrainian foreign minister at that time (Leonid Kozhara) served as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE.

The current foreign minister is Dmytro Kuleba, who took office on 4 March 2020.^[1]