Born in village Troshcha of Vinnitsa uezd, Palamarchuk 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 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'.
From 17 June 1953 to 11 May 1954 – Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.
[2] From 13 August 1965 to 25 October 1972 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Soviet Union in Morocco.