Dmytro Ivanovych Ostapenko (Ukrainian: Дмито Іванович Остапенко; born 3 November 1946) is a Ukrainian conductor and politician who is currently director of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine.

Dmytro Ostapenko was born in Novachykha village, Poltava Oblast.

[1][2] From 1982 to 1984 - Head of the Department of Theaters and Music Institutions of the Ministry of Culture of the USSR.

[1][2] From 25 September 1995 to 4 August 1999, Ostapenko was Minister of Culture and Arts of Ukraine.

[1][2] He has a son named Andriy Ostapenko, who is a guitarist and a soloist of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine.