Jaroslav Olesnitsky


Jaroslav Olesnitsky – is a Ukrainian diplomat, politic, lawyer. Head of the Ukrainian mission to the United Kingdom.

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.