Petro Stebnytsky

Petro Stebnytsky (1862–1923) was a Ukrainian political and public figure, diplomat and statesman. He most notably serving as Minister of Public Education and Arts in the Lyzohub Government in 1918 for the UNR, where he signed the decree establishing the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He also briefly served as Supreme Judge of the UNR, before being arrested by the Bolsheviks.