Oleh Shamshur - Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States

EDUCATION:
1978 - Taras Shevchenko Kyiv University, Department of International Relations and International Law, specialization in International Relations, cum laude
1982 - Ph. D. in History, Kyiv University
Professional experience:
February 2004 - December 2005 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
October 2003 - February 2004 - Head, European Union Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
1998-2003 - Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of Ukraine to the Benelux Countries
1996-1998 - Deputy Chairman, State Committee for Nationalities and Migration of Ukraine, member of the President's Commission on Citizenship
1993-1996 - First Secretary-Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN, and other international organizations in Geneva
1993 - Visiting Scholar, University College, London
1981 -1993 - Work at the Institute of Social and Economic Problems of Foreign Countries, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, including 1984 -1989 as Director of Programs
1978-1981 - Post-graduate course at the Institute of Social and Economic Problems of Foreign Countries, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Awarded with Order of Merit (III degree)

LANGUAGES:
Fluent in English, French and Russian
PERSONAL:

Born: July 6, 1956, Kyiv, Ukraine

Married, one daughter