Yuriy Sergeyev

Born on February 5, 1956, in Leninakan (Armenia), Sergeyev graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ph.D. (1981). He was later a Senior Fellow as well as a Lecturer in EU Studies and Political Science at Yale University (2016-2020).^[2] He is fluent in English, Russian and French.^[3]

• 1981–1992 — Assistant, Docent at the Philological Faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Deputy Director of the Institute of Ukrainian Studies.^{[citation needed]}
• April 1992 — September 1993 — Director, Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.^[4]
• August — December 1994 — Director, Secretariat of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.^[4]
• December 1994 — January 1997; September 1993 — August 1994 — Director, Directorate for Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.^[4]
• January — November 1997 — Counselor-Envoy for the Embassy of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.^{[citation needed]}
• November 1997 — December 2000 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Greece and Albania (with the residence in Athens).^[4]
• December 2000 — February 2001 — Director-General, Directorate-General for Foreign Policy of the Administration of the President of Ukraine.^[4]
• February — July 2001 — Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.^[4]
• July 2001 — March 2003 — Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.^[4]
• March 2003^[5] — April 2007^[6] — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to France, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UNESCO.
• April 2007^[7] — present Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations
• 2008^[8] — present Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Commonwealth of the Bahamas (with the residence in New York City)
• 2008 — elected member of the United Nations Human Rights Council
• September 2012^[9] — elected Chair of the Sixth Committee (Legal and Administrative) at the United Nations
• 2015^[10][11] — non-permanent member to the United Nations Security Council
• On 9 December 2015 Volodymyr Yelchenko replaced Sergeyev as permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.^[1] Early February 2016 Sergeyev announced the end of his diplomatic career.^[1]

• April 2003 The State "Order of Merit" of Ukraine^{[citation needed]}
• Honorary Decree of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine^{[citation needed]}

• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine.^[12]