{{Short description|Ukrainian diplomat and politician}} {{family name hatnote|Anatoliyovych|Sergeyev|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Yuriy Sergeyev | image = Yuri Sergeev 2013.jpg | caption = Sergeyev in 2013 | office = Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations | term_start = 18 April 2007 | term_end = 9 December 2015<ref name="Yuriy A. Sergeyev"/> | prime_minister = | predecessor = Viktor Kryzhanivsky | successor = Volodymyr Yelchenko<ref name="Yuriy A. Sergeyev"/> | office1 = Ambassador of Ukraine to Bahamas<br>(concurrently) | term_start1 = 2008 | term_end1 = | president1 = Viktor Yushchenko<br>Viktor Yanukovych | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office2 = Ambassador of Ukraine to France | term_start2 = 2003 | term_end2 = 2007 | president2 = Viktor Yushchenko<br>Viktor Yanukovych | predecessor2 = Anatoliy Zlenko | successor2 = Kostiantyn Tymochenko | office3 = Ambassador of Ukraine to Greece<br>(Albania concurrently) | term_start3 = 1997 | term_end3 = 2000 | president3 = Leonid Kuchma | predecessor3 = Borys Korneyenko | successor3 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|2|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Leninakan (Armenia) | party = | other_party = | birth_name = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Kyiv University | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = | native_name = {{nobold|Юрій Сергеєв}} | native_name_lang = uk }} '''Yuriy Anatoliyovych Sergeyev''' ({{langx|uk|Юрій Анатолійович Сергеєв}}; born 5 February 1956) is a former Ukrainian diplomat and politician, who has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.<ref name="Yuriy A. Sergeyev">[http://www.unian.info/politics/1259802-ex-envoy-to-un-sergeyev-quits-the-foreign-service-becomes-retiree.html Ex-envoy to UN Sergeyev quits the foreign service, becomes retiree], UNIAN (9 February 2016)</ref>
== 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).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yuriy Sergeyev {{!}} Office of Visiting Scholars, Exchanges, and Fellowships |url=https://ovef.macmillan.yale.edu/people/yuriy-sergeyev |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=ovef.macmillan.yale.edu |language=en}}</ref> He is fluent in English, Russian and French.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-27 |title=Diplomacy Under Fire: Yuriy Sergeyev |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2015/02/27/diplomacy-under-fire-yuriy-sergeyev/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Yale Daily News |language=en}}</ref>
== 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.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} * April 1992 — September 1993 — Director, Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Yuriy A. Sergeyev of Ukraine Chair of Sixth Committee {{!}} UN Press |url=https://press.un.org/en/2012/bio4411.doc.htm |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=press.un.org}}</ref> * August — December 1994 — Director, Secretariat of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.<ref name=":0" /> * December 1994 — January 1997; September 1993 — August 1994 — Director, Directorate for Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.<ref name=":0" /> * January — November 1997 — Counselor-Envoy for the Embassy of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} * November 1997 — December 2000 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Greece and Albania (with the residence in Athens).<ref name=":0" /> * December 2000 — February 2001 — Director-General, Directorate-General for Foreign Policy of the Administration of the President of Ukraine.<ref name=":0" /> * February — July 2001 — Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.<ref name=":0" /> * July 2001 — March 2003 — Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.<ref name=":0" /> * March 2003<ref>[http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=181%2F2003 Decree of the President of Ukraine N 181/2003 Про призначення Ю. Сергеєва Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України у Французькій Республіці та Постійним Представником України при ЮНЕСКО]</ref> — April 2007<ref>[http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=316%2F2007 Decree of the President of Ukraine N 316/2007 Про звільнення Ю. Сергеєва з посад Надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України у Французькій Республіці та Постійного Представника України при ЮНЕСКО]</ref> — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to France, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UNESCO. * April 2007<ref>[http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=317%2F2007 Decree of the President of Ukraine N 317/2007 Про призначення Ю. Сергеєва Постійним Представником України при Організації Об'єднаних Націй]</ref> — present Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations * 2008<ref>[http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=546%2F2008 Decree of the President of Ukraine N 546/2008 Про призначення Ю. Сергеєва Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Співдружності Багамських островів]</ref> — 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<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yuriy A. Sergeyev of Ukraine Chair of Sixth Committee {{!}} Meetings Coverage and Press Releases |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2012/bio4411.doc.htm |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=www.un.org}}</ref> — elected Chair of the Sixth Committee (Legal and Administrative) at the United Nations * 2015<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016-2017 UN Security Council Elections and the Responsibility to Protect |url=https://www.globalr2p.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2016-2017-unsc-elections-and-the-responsibility-to-protect-final.pdf |website=GLOBAL CENTRE FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Working at the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN {{!}} Ukrainian Youth Delegate |url=http://uayouthdelegate.com/?p=720 |access-date=2022-03-23 |language=ru-RU}}</ref> — 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.<ref name="Yuriy A. Sergeyev" /> Early February 2016 Sergeyev announced the end of his diplomatic career.<ref name="Yuriy A. Sergeyev" />
== Awards and decorations == * April 2003 The State "Order of Merit" of Ukraine{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} * Honorary Decree of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}
== Diplomatic rank == * Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Ambassador's Thoughts on Past and Present Events, Yuriy A. Sergeyev {{!}} The MacMillan Center Hellenic Studies Program |url=https://hsp.macmillan.yale.edu/event/ambassadors-thoughts-past-and-present-events-yuriy-sergeyev |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=hsp.macmillan.yale.edu}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://un.mfa.gov.ua/en/about-mission/head/cv Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322085719/http://un.mfa.gov.ua/en/about-mission/head/cv |date=2014-03-22 }} * [https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-un-idUSL6N0LX3QA20140228 UPDATE 5-Ukraine's U.N. envoy: 'We are strong enough to defend ourselves'] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMaHEqgNsf4 Юрий Сергеев, Посол Украины в ООН в телепередаче "У нас в Америке"-1] * {{C-SPAN|74039}}
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