Ihor Prokopchuk is a Ukrainian career diplomat who has served in numerous senior positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as in his country's missions abroad: UK, UN and as Ambassador to Lithuania. In June 2010 he was appointed as Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna. Since 1 January till 31 December 2013 he was the Chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Permanent Council - the main venue for dialogue at the Ambassadorial level between the OSCE 57 participating States.