Dmytro Zakharovych Bilokolos (; 5 February 1912 – 9 February 1993) was a Ukrainian politician and diplomat. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR (1966–1970). He was also Soviet ambassador to Zambia and Botswana (1970–76).

Professional career and experience

Dmytro Bilokolos graduated from the Faculty of History of the

National University of Kharkiv The V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (), also known as Kharkiv National University or Karazin University, is a public university in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 1804 through the efforts of Vasily Karazin, becoming the second old ...

(1936). From 1936 to 1941, he worked history teacher, director of high school in

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...

. From 1941 to 1945, he was a veteran of

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. From 1947 to 1952, he was Head of the department of agitation and propaganda secretary of the

City Committee of the

Communist Party of Ukraine The Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU or KPU) is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 and claimed to be the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine, which had been banned in 1991. In 2002 it held a "unifi ...

. Between 1952 and 1955, he studied of the Academy of Social Sciences in Moscow. In 1955, he headed of the Department of Science and Culture, Secretary of the Donetsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party. From 16 March 1966 to 11 June 1970, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR. During this period, he headed the Ukrainian delegation to XXI–XXIV sessions of the

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. From 10 June 1970 to 23 June 1976 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Soviet Union in Zambia. From 16 September 1970 to 23 June 1976 –

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or so ...

of the Soviet Union in Botswana in combination

References

External links

Bilokolos, Dmytro (Zakharovych)

Diplomacy in the Former Soviet Republics James P. Nichol Greenwood Publishing Group, 1.01.1995 – 244.

Soroka D. I. Historical retrospective of Ukraine's cooperation with the United Nations

Memorial plaque Dmytro Bilokolos
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bilokolos 1912 births 1993 deaths People from Donetsk Oblast National University of Kharkiv alumni Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Botswana Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Zambia Politicians from the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Soviet foreign ministers of Ukraine Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star