Victor Batiuk Explained

Victor Batiuk
Office:Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations
Term Start:1992
Term End:1993
Primeminister:Leonid Kravchuk
Predecessor:Hennadiy Udovenko
Successor:Borys Hudyma
Office1:2nd Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada
Term Start1:1994
Term End1:January 17, 1996
President1:Leonid Kuchma
Predecessor1:Levko Lukyanenko
Successor1:Volodymyr Furkalo
Birth Date:1939
Birth Place:Chelyabinsk Oblast
Death Date:1996
Alma Mater:Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Native Name Lang:uk

Victor Havrylovych Batiuk (Ukrainian: Віктор Гаврилович Батюк; 15 March 1939 – 2 December 1996) was a Ukrainian diplomat and poet, who has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. He was the only one who knew Bengali and translated Rabindranath Tagore into Ukrainian.

Early life and education

Born in 1939 in Sverdlovskaja Oblast, Batiuk graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He was fluent in Bengali, English, Russian and French.

Professional career and experience

He worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR participated in the translation section of the Writer's Union of Ukraine, which maintained relations with Vasyl Stus.

He worked as Second Secretary Permanent Mission of the Ukrainian SSR to the United Nations.

In 1978-1984 - Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Office at Geneva;

In 1984-1992 - Head of Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.

In 1986 - he was members of the delegation of the Ukrainian SSR at the special session of the UN General Assembly on Namibia.

In 1991 - he was the Ukrainian SSR member delegation to the 46th session of the UN General Assembly

In 1992-1993 - Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations;

In 1994-1996 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in Canada.

In 1996 he was killed in a car accident.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/1996/499603.shtml Ambassador Viktor Batiuk killed in car accident
  2. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA