Minister and Deputy Ministers

Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergei Martynov H.E. Mr Sergei N. MARTYNOV
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

Born on 22 February 1953.

Graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations, summa cum laude (1975).

1975 – 1980 – Department of International Economic Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1980 – 1988 – Assistant to 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.

Speaks English, French and Swahili. Married, has two sons.

First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Igor Petrishenko

Mr Igor V. PETRISHENKO
First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

Born on 19 October 1965 in the village of Negliubka, Vetka District, Gomel Region.

Graduated with honours from Vilnius Higher Command School for Air Defence Radioelectronics (1986), graduated with distinction from the Military Krasnoznamenny Institute (1992) and the Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus (1998).

1986–1996 — Military Service as Commissioned Officer
1996–1999 — Counsellor, then Senior Counsellor, then Head of the Legal Division, Office of the Minister for the CIS, Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (later changed to the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus)
1999–2001 — Head for Inter-country Co-operation, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus
2001-Feb 2003 — Deputy Director for International Co-operation and Trade and Head for International Co-operation, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus
Feb – Aug 2003 — Deputy Head for Russia and the Union State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
Aug 2003 – Dec 2007 — Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Russia
Dec 2007 – Feb 2008 — Head for Russia and the Union State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
Feb 2008 till now — First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.

Speaks English. Married, has a daughter.

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik

Mr Sergei F. ALEINIK
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

Born on 28 January 1965 in Minsk.

Education: Minsk State Pedagogic Institute of Foreign Languages (1986), Diploma in the German and English languages; Diplomatic Academy in Vienna (1993), Diploma in International Relations.

1992 – Joined the Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Belarus.
1994–1995 – Deputy Head of the State Protocol Division, State Protocol Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
1995–1996 – Consul, Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in the Hague, Netherlands.
1996–1999 – Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Netherlands, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
1999–2002 – Head of the State Protocol Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
2002-January 2009 – Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Holy See and to the Sovereign Order of Malta (with residence in Geneva).
From January 2009 – Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus retaining his Ambassadorship to the Holy See and to the Sovereign Order of Malta.

Diplomatic Rank: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Speaks German and English. Married, has two sons.

Mr Aleksa Deputy Minister
for Foreign Affairs Aleksandr Guryanov ndr E. GURYANOV
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

Born on 8 December 1972 in the town of Lomonosov, Leningrad oblast of Russia.

Graduated from Belarusian State Economic University (International Economic Relations & Foreign Trade) in 1994. In 1993 – 1995 passed training programs of UNDP and Economic Institute of the World Bank, studied at the Joint Vienna Institute. Participated in educational and research projects of the World Bank as consultant-trainer during 1995 – 1997.

1993 – 1997 — Expert, Chief Specialist, Head Division, Deputy Director of Credit & Investment Department of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of Belarus.

1997 – 1999 — Commercial Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of Poland.

1999 – 2002 — Deputy Head of mission, Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the United Arab Emirates (political and commercial affairs for GCC countries).

2002 – 2005 — Director of Asia, Africa and Middle East Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.

2006 – October 2010 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Korea.

November 2010 – January 2011 — Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.

From February 2011 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.

Speaks English, French, Polish. Married, has one daughter.

Ms Alena M. KUPCHYNA
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

Born in 1965 in the city of Minsk, Belarus.

Graduated from the Belarusian State University, Faculty of Law (1987);
Post-graduate study at the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Law (1987-1990); Doctor of Law (1991).

1990-1992 – Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy and Law, Belarusian Academy of Sciences;
1992-1993 – Second Secretary, Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus;
1993-1994 – Head of International Treaties Division, Legal Department, MFA;
1994-1995 – Deputy Director of Legal Department, MFA;
1995-1997 – Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Belarus to UN Office and other international organizations at Geneva;
1997-1998 – Deputy Permanent Representative of Belarus to UN Office and other international organizations at Geneva;
2001-2002 – Consultant, Department of International Organizations, MFA;
2002-2004 – Director of Department for Humanitarian, Ecological, Scientific and Technical Cooperation, MFA;
2004-June 2006 – Director of Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, MFA.
2006-2012 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Hungary
2008-2012 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Slovenia (with the residence in Budapest)

From Mai 2012 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.

Languages: Belarusian, English, French, Russian. Has one son.

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