Oleh Shamshur

Oleh Shamshur
Олег Шамшур
Ambassador of Ukraine to France
Assumed office
2014
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Preceded by Oleksandr Kupchyshyn
President Petro Poroshenko
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UNESCO
Assumed office
2014
President Petro Poroshenko
Preceded by Olexander Kupchyshyn
Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States
In office
2005–2010
President Viktor Yushchenko
Preceded by Sergiy Korsunsky
Succeeded by Olexander Motsyk
Personal details
Born (1956-07-06) 6 July 1956
Kyiv
Nationality  Ukraine
Alma mater Kiev University
Profession historian

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

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


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