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President
  
Leonid Kuchma

Succeeded by
  
Ihor Mityukov

Name
  
Volodymyr Vasylenko

President
  
Leonid Kuchma

Preceded by
  
Serhiy Komisarenko


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Born
  
January 16, 1937 (age 87) Kyiv (
1937-01-16
)

Alma mater
  
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

No changes in the Constitution under the martial law. UCMC, 13th of August 2015


Volodymyr Vasylenko (birth: January 16, 1937, Kyiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine.

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Education

Volodymyr Vasylenko graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 1959.

Career

1972–1992 – was a scientific consultant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for law issues.

In 1989 – was taking part in development of legal basis for economic independence of Ukraine.

In 1990 – as a consultant of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, prepared the first draft of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine.

1992 – Ambassador in Benelux countries and also the Representative of Ukraine to the European Union and NATO

1998–2002 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

1991–2009 – expert, advisor, member of the delegation of Ukraine in the UN General Assembly and was representing Ukraine in Third Committee human rights and Sixth Committee legal issues.

2001–2005 – he was elected UN General Assembly judge in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

2006–2010 – was the Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

In 2014 – head of the Commission to Investigate Human Rights Violations in Ukraine.

References

Volodymyr Vasylenko Wikipedia