Sergiy Timofeyevich Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Тимофійович Шевченко) (October 5, 1908, in Makiyivka, Donetsk region – 200?, in Kyiv) was a Ukrainian politician and diplomat who served as the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.
Sergiy Shevchenko Сергій Тимофійович Шевченко | |
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| Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations | |
| In office 1964–1968 | |
| Preceded by | Luka Kyzya |
| Succeeded by | Mykhailo Polyanychko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 5, 1908 Makiyivka, Donetsk region |
| Died | 200? Kyiv |
Education
editSergiy Shevchenko graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of National Economy, and the Institute of Red Professors in 1937.
Professional career and experience
edit- In 1937 he was heading department of executive cadres in People's Commissariat of Education of the Ukrainian SSR.
- In 1941 - he entered military service in Red Army.
- In 194?–1946 - Deputy Chief Political Officer in the 3rd Guards Tank Army.
- In 1946 - he worked in the Kyiv Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine.
- In 1964 to 1968 - he was permanent representative of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to the United Nations.[1]
- In 1968, after an unsuccessful press conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the Ukrainian SSR, Sergei Shevchenko left New York City.[2]
References
editExternal links
edit- Chronicle: Ukraine to the United Nations
- Handbook of the history of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898 - 1991
- UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL OFFICIAL RECORDS THIRTY-NINTH YEAR 2542nd MEETING: 25 MAY 1984 NEW YORK
- Diplomacy in the Former Soviet Republics James P. Nichol Greenwood Publishing Group, 1.01.1995 - 244.
- Ukraine's U.N. Mission celebrates 40th anniversary