Preceded by Sergei Martynov Rank Colonel Role Politician | Name Vladimir Makei Allegiance Soviet Union
Belarus | |
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Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich
Andrei Kobyakov Born 5 August 1958 (age 65)
Niekrasevicy, Soviet Union
(now Belarus) ( 1958-08-05 ) Alma mater Minsk State Linguistic University Education Minsk State Linguistic University Children Vitaly Makei, Artyom Makei Service/branch Soviet Army, Armed Forces of Belarus | ||
LIVE: Sergei Lavrov holds joint press conference with Belarus FM Vladimir Makei
Vladimir Makei (Belarusian: Уладзімір Уладзіміравіч Макей, Uladzimir Uladzimiravich Makei; born (1958-08-05)August 5, 1958) is a Belarusian politician who has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus since 2012.
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Biography
Vladimir Makei was born in village Niekraševičy, Karelichy district, Hrodna voblast, Belarusian SSR. He graduated from the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages in 1980. He served in the Armed Forces of the USSR and in the Armed Forces of Belarus after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He retired in 1993 as a colonel. In 1993 he graduated from the Austrian Diplomatic Academy. He served in the ministry as secretary of several departments (Information and Humanitarian Cooperation, Analysis and Forecast, Office of the Minister, State Protocol Service). In 1996—1999 he worked in Belarusian embassy in France as a counselor and represented Belarus in the Council of Europe concurrently. In 2000—2008 he was an assistant to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and in 2008—2012 he was the President's Chief of Staff. Since 20 August 2012 he has been Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Makei speaks German and English.