Valeriy Kuchinsky

Valeriy Kuchinsky
Валерій Кучинський
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations
In office
2001–2006
Preceded byVolodymyr Yelchenko
Succeeded byViktor Kryzhanivsky
Personal details
Born (1944-10-25) 25 October 1944 (age 80)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma materKyiv University

Valeriy Kuchinsky (Ukrainian: Валерій Павлович Кучинський, romanizedValerii Pavlovych Kuchynskyi; born 25 October 1944) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician, who has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. He has served on the board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and as Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO). Adjunct Professor of International Relations Columbia University Ukrainian Studies Program.