Oleh Shamshur (birth: July 6, 1956,
Kyiv
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,
Ukraine
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) is a
Ukrainian
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diplomat
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. Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States (2005-2010).
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
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of Ukraine to France (2014-2020). Permanent Representative of Ukraine to
UNESCO
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(2014-2020).
Education
Oleh Shamshur graduated from
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...
in 1978 specializing in international relations. He received his Ph.D. in History from
Kyiv University
Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...
(1982). Speaks fluently English and French.
Career
Oleh Shamshur in 1978 started his professional career at the
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; uk, Національна академія наук України, ''Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny'', abbr: NAN Ukraine) is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine th ...
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
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.
Prior to his appointment as Ukraine's Ambassador to
France
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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.
Author publications
Oleh Shamshur is the author of over 80 publications on
ethnic relations
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,
international migration
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and
foreign policy
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.
Oleh Shamshur
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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
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
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Living people
1956 births
Diplomats from Kyiv
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of International Relations alumni
Ambassadors of Ukraine to the United States
Ambassadors of Ukraine to France
Permanent Delegates of Ukraine to UNESCO
Ambassadors of Ukraine to Antigua and Barbuda
Ukrainian politicians