Victor Batiuk
| Victor Batiuk Віктор Гаврилович Батюк |
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| Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations | |
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In office 1992–1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Leonid Kravchuk |
| Preceded by | Hennadiy Udovenko |
| Succeeded by | Borys Hudyma |
| Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada | |
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In office 1994 – January 17, 1996 |
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| President | Leonid Kuchma |
| Preceded by | Levko Lukyanenko |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Furkalo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1939 Chelyabinsk Oblast |
| Died | 1996 |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Victor Batiuk (Ukrainian: Віктор Гаврилович Батюк) (1939 – 1996) was a Ukrainian diplomat and poet, who has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. He was the only one who knew Bengali and translated Rabindranath Tagore into Ukrainian.
Born in 1939 in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Batiuk graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He was fluent in Bengali, English, Russian and French.
He worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR participated in the translation section of the Writer's Union of Ukraine, which maintained relations with Vasyl Stus.
He worked as Second Secretary Permanent Mission of the Ukrainian SSR to the United Nations.
In 1978-1984 - Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Office at Geneva;
In 1984-1992 - Head of Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.
In 1986 - he was members of the delegation of the Ukrainian SSR at the special session of the UN General Assembly on Namibia.
In 1991 - he was the Ukrainian SSR member delegation to the 46th session of the UN General Assembly
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