| Vasyl Tarasenko Василь Якимович Тарасенко | |
| Office: | Representative of the Ukrainian SSR in the United Nations Security Council |
| Term Start: | 1948 |
| Term End: | 1949 |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Sosnytsia |
| Death Date: | 2001 |
| Death Place: | Kyiv |
| Alma Mater: | National Pedagogical Dragomanov University |
Vasyl Tarasenko (Ukrainian: Василь Якимович Тарасенко; April 18, 1907, in Sosnytsia – 2001 in Kyiv) - he was Ukrainian diplomat. Doctor of History, Professor, Representative of the Ukrainian SSR in the United Nations Economic and Social Council, the United Nations Security Council.
Vasyl Tarasenko graduated from National Pedagogical Dragomanov University (1939)
In 1939 - he was in teaching. From 1941 to 1943 - he participated in World War II. In 1943-1945 - he worked as Director of Zaporizhzhya Pedagogical Institute. Since May 1945 - he was Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR. From August 1945 to January 1946 - representative of the Ukrainian SSR of the European Committee for the Administration of relief and rehabilitation of the United Nations. From January to November 1946 - Representative of the Ukrainian SSR in the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.In 1946-1948 - Advisor to the Soviet Embassy in the United States. He was a member delegation of Ukraine at the United Nations, since 1948 - Head of the Delegation of Ukraine at the United Nations. In 1948-1949 - Representative of the Ukrainian SSR in the UN Security Council. He was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR. From 1950 to 1984 - was the Head of the Department of Modern History Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Professor.[1]