Oleh Shamshur

Ukrainian diplomat
Олег Шамшур
Shamshur in 2014
Ambassador of Ukraine to FranceIn office
2014–2020Prime MinisterArseniy YatsenyukPreceded byOleksandr KupchyshynPresidentPetro PoroshenkoPermanent Representative of Ukraine to UNESCOIn office
2014–2020PresidentPetro PoroshenkoPreceded byOlexander KupchyshynAmbassador of Ukraine to the United StatesIn office
2005–2010PresidentViktor YushchenkoPreceded bySergiy KorsunskySucceeded byOlexander Motsyk Personal detailsBorn (1956-07-06) 6 July 1956 (age 67)
KyivNationality UkraineAlma materKiev UniversityProfessionhistorian

Oleh Shamshur (birth: July 6, 1956) is a Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States (2005-2010). Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to France (2014-2020).[1] Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UNESCO (2014-2020).[2]

Education

Oleh Shamshur graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 1978 specializing in international relations. He received his Ph.D. in History from Kyiv University (1982). Speaks fluently English and French.[citation needed]

Career

Oleh Shamshur in 1978 started his professional career at the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine where he worked at the Institutes of Social and Economic Problems of Foreign Countries and World Economy and International Relations. In 1984-1989 as Director of Programs of ISCPFC. In 1992, he was a researcher at University College London.[3]

Prior to his appointment as Ukraine's Ambassador to France Oleh Shamshur was serving as a Senior Advisor to PBN Hill and Knowlton Strategies, as a non-resident fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and as a Senior Advisor to the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council.[4]

Author publications

Oleh Shamshur is the author of over 80 publications on ethnic relations, international migration and foreign policy.[5]

References

  1. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine № 783/2014
  2. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine № 899/2014
  3. ^ Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
  4. ^ OLEH SHAMSHUR APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF UKRAINE TO FRANCE
  5. ^ Oleh Shamshur

External links

  • Oleh SHAMSHUR: “Statements made by Biden in Kyiv are important, but the time of warnings and deadlines is over”
  • DR. OLEG SHAMSHUR
  • On the move: Oleh Shamshur, PBN Company
  • Amb Oleh Shamshur and Amb Lee Feinstein on Ukraine
  • Ukraine's Amb. Shamshur: Risk Remains for Turmoil, Violence
  • Oleg Shamshur: West can use three measures against Russia
  • TRIBUTES TO UKRAINIAN FEDERATION OF AMERICA AND AMBASSADOR OLEH SHAMSHUR