Luka Palamarchuk

Luka Palamarchuk Лука Хомич Паламарчук

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR
In office 1953–1965
Prime Minister	Demyan Korotchenko Nikifor Kalchenko
Preceded by	Anatoliy Baranovsky
Succeeded by	Dmytro Bilokolos
Personal details
Born	6 September 1906 Vinnitsa region
Died	26 December 1985 Kyiv
Alma mater	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Luka Palamarchuk (Ukrainian: Лука Хомич Паламарчук) (6 September 1906 - 26 December 1985) was a Ukrainian politician, journalist and diplomat. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR from 1953 to 1965.

Education

Born in Vinnitsa region in 1906, Luka Palamarchyk graduated from the Faculty of History of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (1949) and the Higher Party School of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1950).

In 1929-1941 - he worked as a journalist.

In 1941-1942 - chairman of the Radio Committee of the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR.

In 1943-1952 - he was executive editor of "Radaynska Ukraine", he edited the Ukrainian satirical newspaper Perets'.

In 1952-1954 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.

From 17 June 1953 to 11 May 1954 - Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.

He died in Kiev in 1986.

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