Jaroslav Olesnitsky
Jaroslav Olesnitsky (Ярослав Іванович Олесницький) (born: 1875, Halych, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast - died July 15, 1933, Zolochiv, Lviv oblast) – is a Ukrainian diplomat, politic, lawyer. Head of the Ukrainian mission to the United Kingdom (1920-1921).
Jaroslav Olesnitsky Ярослав Олесницький | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 1920–1921 | |
| President | Symon Petliura |
| Preceded by | Arnold D. Margolin |
| Succeeded by | Roman Smal-Stocki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1875 Halych, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria |
| Died | July 15, 1933 Zolochiv, Lwow Voivodeship |
| Alma mater | Lviv University |
Career
In October 1918 - he was a delegate to the Ukrainian Lviv National Council proclaimed the establishment of the West Ukrainian People's Republic in November 1918.
22 January 1919 - he became an adviser of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic foreign affairs secretariat and was a member of the Western Ukrainian delegation in Kyiv to the proclamation of the union of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic with the Ukrainian People's Republic.
28 January 1919 - he appointed First Counsellor of the diplomatic mission of the Ukrainian People's Republic which began work in London in May 1919.
From September 1919 to January 1920 - he acted as temporary head of the Ukrainian mission in London.
In August 1920 to 1921 - he became head of the Ukrainian mission to the United Kingdom.
From 1921 - he returned to Lviv.
In 1921-1922 - he lectured at the Lviv University.
From 1923 - he practised as a lawyer in Zolochiv.
From 1930 - he represented the Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance to the Sejm of the Polish Republic.
External links
- Jaroslav Olesnitsky
- Ukrainians in the United Kingdom Online encyclopaedia
- Kto był kim w Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej (redakcja naukowa Jacek M.Majchrowski przy współpracy Grzegorza Mazura i Kamila Stepana), Warszawa 1994, wyd. BGW, ISBN 8370665691 s. 382-383 biogram opracował Czesław Brzoza;
- Biogram Oleśnicki Jarosław, Ołesnyćkyj Jarosław w bazie danych Sejmu RP