Oleh Shamshur, Former Ambassador of Ukraine to The United States and France. 

Born: 6 July 1956 in Kyiv.
Education: T. Shevchenko Kyiv University, Department of international relations and international law, specialization – international relations (cum laudae, 1978).

Professional experience:
2014-2020 – Ambassador of Ukraine to France and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UNESCO. 
2005-2010 – Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States. 

• Since February 2004 – Deputy Minister for foreign affairs of Ukraine
• October 2003 – February 2004 – Head, European Union Department, MFA 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 Commission on Citizenship with the President of Ukraine
• 1993 – 1996 – First secretary, counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN Office and other, international organizations at 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, incl. 1984-1989 is Director of programmes
• 1978 – 1981 – post-graduate course at the Institute of social and economic problems of foreign countries, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
• Ph. D. in history (1982, Kyiv University), author of nearly 60 scientific publications.

Speaks fluently English and French.

Married, has one daughter.