Mykola Porsh

Mykola Porsh
Микола Порш
Minister of Labor Affairs
In office
12 September 1917 – 31 January 1918
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Vynnychenko
Preceded byBolshevik's quota (unfulfilled)
Succeeded byLeonid Mykhailiv
Minister of Military Affairs
In office
6 January 1918 – 31 January 1918
Prime MinisterVolodymyr Vynnychenko
Preceded bySymon Petliura
Succeeded byIvan Nemolovsky [uk]
Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany
In office
1919–1920
PresidentSymon Petliura
Preceded byTeodor Shteingel
Succeeded byRoman Smal-Stocki
Personal details
Born(1879-10-19)19 October 1879
Lubny, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Died16 April 1944(1944-04-16) (aged 64)
Berlin, Nazi Germany
Political partyUSDLP
Alma materKyiv Polytechnic Institute
Occupationstatesman, diplomat

Mykola Volodymyrovych Porsh (Ukrainian: Микола Володимирович Порш; 19 October 1879 – 16 April 1944) was a political and civil activist of Ukraine, economist, member of the Russian Constituent Assembly.

He was a prominent activist of the Revolutionary Ukrainian Party (de facto since 1903) and the Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party (since 1905). Porsh was an active member of the Central Council of Ukraine and a General Secretary (minister) of Labor and Military Affairs. Later he served as an ambassador to Germany.