Born: February 22, 1953, Leninakan, Armenian SSR.

Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1975.

Career:

1975-1980

Department of International Economic Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1980-1988

Assistant of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

1988-1991

Deputy Head, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1991-1992

Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the United Nations, New York

1992-1993

Charge d’Affaires of the Republic of Belarus to the USA

1993-1997

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the USA

1997-2001

First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

2001-2003

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Kingdom of Belgium,
Head of the Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the European Communities,
Head of the Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Since March 2003

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

Languages:

English, French and Russian

Civil Status:

Married, has two sons