Ambassador Oleh Shamshur, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, preside over the Opening Bell.

About Ambassador Oleh Shamshur:

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

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