Oleh Shamshur
| Oleh Shamshur Олег Шамшур | |
|---|---|
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| Ambassador of Ukraine to France | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Arseniy Yatsenyuk |
| Preceded by | Oleksandr Kupchyshyn |
| President | Petro Poroshenko |
| Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UNESCO | |
| Incumbent | |
| 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 | 6 July 1956 Kyiv |
| 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
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