Petro Udovychenko

Petro Udovychenko Петро Удовиченко
Minister of Education of Ukraine
In office 1967–1971
Preceded by	Alla Bondar
Succeeded by	Oleksandr Marynych
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations
In office 1958–1961
Preceded by	Luka Palamarchuk
Succeeded by	Luka Kyzya
Personal details
Born	17 February 1914 Poltava region
Died	29 May 1992 (1992-05-30) (aged 78)
Political party	Kyiv
Alma mater	Pedagogical Institute of Novomoskovsk

Petro Platonovich Udovychenko (Ukrainian: Петро Платонович Удовиченко) (17 February 1914 in Poltava region – 29 May 1992 in Kyiv) he was Ukrainian politician, diplomat, Ph.D. Candidate of science in History, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Minister of Education of the Ukrainian SSR.

Education

Petro Udovychenko graduated from the Pedagogical Institute of Novomoskovsk (1934), Faculty of History; Higher Party School of the Central Committee (1944); Ph.D. (1947).

Professional career and experience

1934-1939 – he worked as a teacher at the school Dnipropetrovsk.

1939-1941 – he was Director Tarnopolsky Teachers College.

Since 1941 he worked on the state and party work.

Since 1944 he worked in the Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.

Since 1947 he lectured at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

1948-1952 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.

1952-1956 – Associate Professor of International Relations and Foreign Policy of the Ukrainian SSR.

1956-1958 – he worked as a Vice-Rector for Academic Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

March 24, 1958 - 1961 – he was permanent representative of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to the United Nations.

1961-1967 – he headed of Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

1967-197 – Minister of Education of the Ukrainian SSR.

1971-1984 – he was Acting professor of the history of international relations and foreign policy of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Author

• "History of Ukrainian SSR Foreign Policy 1919-1922" (1957).

Diplomatic rank

• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

External links

• Handbook of the history of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898 - 1991
• 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.
• Ukraine's U.N. Mission celebrates 40th anniversary
• Гай-Нижник П. Удовиченко Петро Платонович // Тернопільський Енциклопедичний Словник. – Тернопіль: ВАТ ТВПК “Збруч”, 2009. – Т.4 (додатковий). А–Я. – С.644.