Serhiy Shevchenko (diplomat)

For other people with the same name, see Serhiy Shevchenko.

Serhiy Timofeyevych Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Тимофійович Шевченко) (October 5, 1908, in Makiyivka, Donetsk region – 200?, in Kyiv) was a Russian politician and diplomat who served as the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.

Serhiy Shevchenko
Сергій Шевченко
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

Serhiy Shevchenko graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of National Economy, and the Institute of Red Professors in 1937.

Professional career and experience

• 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]