Valeriy P. Kuchinsky
| Valeriy P. Kuchinsky Валерій Павлович Кучинський |
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| Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations | |
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In office 2001–2006 |
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| Preceded by | Volodymyr Yelchenko |
| Succeeded by | Viktor Kryzhanivsky |
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| Born |
25 October 1944 Kyiv |
| Alma mater | Kyiv University |
Valeriy P. Kuchinsky (Ukrainian: Валерій Павлович Кучинський) (Born: 25 October 1944, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician, who has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. He has served on the Board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and as Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO). Adjunct Professor of International Relations Columbia University Ukrainian Studies Program.
Born in Kyiv, on 25 October 1944, Kuchinsky graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, PhD (1967). He is fluent in Ukrainian, English, Russian and French.
From 1971 – he has worked for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
In 1975–1980 – he was a member of the United Nations Secretariat.
in 1990–1992 – Director of the Ministry's Department of Arms Control and Disarmament
In 1992–1997 – deputy Chief of Mission at the Ukrainian Embassy to the United States in Washington, D.C.
In 1997–1998 – He has held posts in the Ministry's Departments of International Organizations and of the Americas
In 1998–1999 – Mr. Kuchinsky is Director-General of the Ministry Department of International Organizations and of the Americas
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