Oleksander Shulhyn
Oleksander Shulhyn | |
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Олександр Шульгин | |
Shulhyn in 1930s | |
| Secretary of International Affairs | |
| In office 17 July 1917 – 31 January 1918 | |
| Prime Minister | Volodymyr Vynnychenko |
| Preceded by | Serhiy Yefremov |
| Succeeded by | Vsevolod Holubovych |
| Ukraine Ambassador to Bulgaria | |
| In office July 1918 – December 1918 | |
| Hetman | Pavlo Skoropadskyi |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Fedir Shulha |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs (in exile) | |
| In office 1926–1936 | |
| Prime Minister | Vyacheslav Prokopovych |
| In office 1939–1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| In office 1945–1946 | |
| Prime Minister | Kost Pankivsky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 July 1889 Sofyne, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 4 March 1960 (aged 70) Paris, France |
| Political party | Ukrainian Party of Socialists-Federalists |
| Occupation | Politician, academic, diplomat |
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Oleksander Yakovych Shulhyn (30 July [O.S. 18 July] 1889 – 4 March 1960) was a Ukrainian politician, academic, and diplomat who played a key role in establishing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. He was a member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, a professor of the Ukrainian Free University in Prague, a member of the Ukrainian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 and a representative of Ukrainians in International Refugee Organization after World War II. During World War II (1939–40 and 1945–46) Shulhyn acted as head of the Government of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile.