Oleh Shamshur (birth: July 6, 1956) is a Ukrainian diplomat.

[2] Oleh Shamshur graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 1978 specializing in international relations.

[citation needed] Oleh Shamshur in 1978 started his professional career at the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine where he worked at the Institutes of Social and Economic Problems of Foreign Countries and World Economy and International Relations.

[3] Prior to his appointment as Ukraine's Ambassador to France Oleh Shamshur was serving as a Senior Advisor to PBN Hill and Knowlton Strategies, as a non-resident fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and as a Senior Advisor to the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council.

[4] Oleh Shamshur is the author of over 80 publications on ethnic relations, international migration and foreign policy.