Hennadiy Udovenko
| Hennadiy Udovenko Геннадій Удовенко |
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| 2nd Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine | |
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In office August 5, 1994 – April 17, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Anatoliy Zlenko |
| Succeeded by | Borys Tarasyuk |
| President of the United Nations General Assembly | |
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In office 1997–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Razali Ismail |
| Succeeded by | Didier Opertti |
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June 22, 1931 Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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| Died | February 12, 2013 (aged 81) |
| Political party | People's Movement of Ukraine (former Chairman) |
Hennadiy Yosypovych Udovenko (Ukrainian: Геннадій Йосипович Удовенко; June 22, 1931 – February 12, 2013) was a Ukrainian politician and diplomat. He served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, was the 52nd President of the United Nations General Assembly (1997–1998) and a Member of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine (1998–2007). He was from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. He has studied international relations at Kiev University, having graduated in 1954. He also did graduate studies in agricultural economics at the Ukrainian Research and the Development Institute for Agricultural Economy and Organization from 1956 to 1959.
Udovenko began his career in 1952 as secretary to the Minister and secretary to the Governing Board of the Ministry of the building materials industry of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. From 1955 to 1958, he was head of the collective farm in the Domantivka village of the Skvyra district of the Kiev region.
Udovenko entered diplomatic service in 1959 as 1st secretary, counsellor at the Department of International Economic organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1965–71, he worked at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland. Between 1971 and 1977, he was successively head of the personnel department and head of the International economic organizations department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.
From 1977 to 1980, he was Director of the Interpretation and Meetings Division at the Department of Conference Services of the United Nations office in New York City.
In 1980–1985, he was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and was assigned the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in January 1985.
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