Yuriy A. Sergeyev

Early life and education 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). He is fluent in English, Russian and French.

Professional career and experience

1981–1992 — Assistant, Docent at the Philological Faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Deputy Director of the Institute of Ukrainian Studies. April 1992 — September 1993 — Director, Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. August — December 1994 — Director, Secretariat of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. — April 2007 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to France, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UNESCO. April 2007 — present Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations 2008 — 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 — elected Chair of the Sixth Committee (Legal and Administrative) at the United Nations 2015 — 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.