Oleh Vladyslavovytch Shamshur

Background

Shamshur, Oleh Vladyslavovytch was born on July 6, 1956 in Kiev, Ukraine. Son of Vladyslav Mykhailovytch and Galyna Andriivna (Kuznetsova) Shamshur.

Education

Graduate cum laude in International Relations, Taras Shevchenko Kiev University, 1978. Student, Academy of Sciences Ukraine Institute Social and Economic Problems of Foreign Countries, 1978—1981. Doctor of Philosophy in History, Kiev University, 1982.

Career

Research fellow Academy of Sciences Ukraine Institute Social and Economic Problems of Foreign Countries, Kiev, 1981-1984, academy secretary, director programs, 1984-1989, senior research fellow, 1989-1991. Leading research fellow Academy of Sciences Ukraine Institute World Economy & International Relations, 1993. First secretary, counsellor Permanent Mission of Ukraine to United Nations and other international organizations, Geneva, 1993—1996.

Deputy chairman State Committee Nationalities and Migration of Ukraine, 1996—1998. Member President's Commission on Citizenship, 1996—1998. Minister, counsellor Embassy of Ukraine to the Benelux Countries, 1998—2003.

Head European Union department Ministry Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, 2003—2004. Deputy minister foreign affairs of Ukraine, 2004—2006. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Washington, 2006—2010.

Part-time permanent professor Dubrovnik International University, Croatia, since 2010. Visiting scholar University College London, 1992-1993. Consultant Japanese External Trade Organization, 1992-1993.

Achievements

• Oleh Vladyslavovytch Shamshur has been listed as a noteworthy political science professor, ambassador by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Theories of Ethnic Relations, 1987, Golden Door of Immigration, 1987, United States of America: State and Ethnic Relations, 1989, The Mesketian Turks in Ukraine, 1999, Migrant Trafficking and Human Smuggling in Europe, 2000.

Connections

Married Tetiana Ivanivna Izhevska, July 7, 1979. 1 child, Tetiana.

Father:

Vladyslav Mykhailovytch Shamshur

Mother:

Galyna Andriivna (Kuznetsova) Shamshur

Spouse:

Tetiana Ivanivna Izhevska

child:

Tetiana Shamshur