Yuriy Sergeyev

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Yutiy Sergeyev, born in Leninakan in 1956 to a Russian father and a Ukrainian mother, has served as the Permanent representative of Ukraine to the United Nations since May 2007.

Yuriy A. Sergeyev
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations
Incumbent

18 April 2007

President Viktor Yushchenko, Viktor Yanukovych, Petro Poroshenko
Preceded by Victor Kryzhanivsky
Ambassador of Ukraine to Bahamas (concurrently)
Incumbent

2008 -

President Viktor Yushchenko, Viktor Yanukovych, Petro Poroshenko
Ambassador of Ukraine to France
In office

2003–2007

President Viktor Yushchenko, Viktor Yanukovych
Preceded by Anatoliy Zlenko
Succeeded by Kostiantyn Tymochenko
Ambassador of Ukraine to Greece (Albania concurrently)
In office

1997–2000

President Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by Borys Korneyenko
Personal details
Born 5 February 1956 (age 58)

Leninakan, Armenia

Alma mater Kyiv University

Political Career

Sergeyev served as Ambassador to France since 2003 and during this time, he was also Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He was Director of the Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from August to December 1994, then headed the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate for Information twice, first from late 1993 to mid-1994 then again from late 1994 to 1997. From 1997 to 2000 Sergeyev was ambassador to Greece and Albania.

Education

Sergeyev graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ph.D. (1981). He is fluent in English, Russian and French. Awards He was awarded with Honorary Decree of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and on April 2013 with the State "Order of Merit" of Ukraine.

Further Information

US Cultural Diplomacy in Practice: Building Cultural Bridges to Strengthen the Relationships between America and the Global Community, A lecture by H.E. Amb. Yuriy Sergeyev.