Volodymyr Martynenko

Volodymyr Martynenko
Володимир Мартиненко
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR
In office 1980–1984
Prime Minister	Oleksandr Liashko
Preceded by	Georgiy Shevel
Succeeded by	Volodymyr Kravets
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations
In office 1973–1979
Preceded by	Mykhailo Polyanychko
Succeeded by	Volodymyr Kravets
Personal details
Born	Volodymyr Nykyforovych Martynenko (1923-10-06)October 6, 1923 Gorbuliv, Cherniakhiv Raion, Volhynian Governorate, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	April 18, 1988(1988-04-18) (aged 64) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Volodymyr Nykyforovych Martynenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Никифорович Мартиненко; 6 October 1923 – 18 April 1988) was a Soviet and Ukrainian diplomat. He served as Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.

Early life

Volodymyr Martynenko graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (1951).

Career

From 1965–1968 he was a member of the Soviet Embassy in Canada.

From 1968–1973 he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.

From 1973–1979 he was the Permanent Representative of the Ukrainian SSR to the United Nations.

From 1979–1980 he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.

From 18 November 1980 to 28 December 1984 he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.

From 1984–1988 he was a senior researcher at the Institute of History of Ukraine.

Diplomatic rank

• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

External links

• LIBYAN SEEKS EXPULSION OF ISRAEL FROM U.N.
• UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL OFFICIAL RECORDS THIRTY-NINTH YEAR 2542nd MEETING: 25 MAY 1984 NEW YORK
• Diplomacy in the Former Soviet Republics James P. Nichol Greenwood Publishing Group, 1.01.1995 – 244.
• Soroka D. I. Historical retrospective of Ukraine's cooperation with the United Nations