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Uladzimir Syanko

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Uladzimir Syanko
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
28 July 1994 – 13 January 1997
Preceded byPiotr Kravchenko
Succeeded byIvan Ivanovich Antonovich
Personal details
Born (1946-08-05) 5 August 1946 (age 78)
Chashniki Raion, Vitebsk Region, Byelorussian SSR
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations
Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Uladzimir Leonavich Syanko (Belarusian: Уладзімір Лявонавіч Сянько, born 5 August 1946) is a former Belarusian diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1997. From 1994 to 2004, he was an ambassador to France, Spain, and Portugal, and from 2004 to 2011, he represented Belarus in Belgium, the EU and NATO. He was also a member of the Council of the Republic of Belarus from 2012 to 2016.

Syanko graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1973 and from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in 1987.

Personal life

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Syanko is married and has children.

Awards

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  • Commendation of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (April 3, 2006) — for high achievements in the productive and socio-cultural spheres, significant personal contribution to the implementation of projected indicators of the socio-economic development of the republic in 2001-2005

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Further reading

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  • Centrum Naukowo-Analityczne „Białoruska Perspektywa”: Kto jest kim w Białorusi. Białystok: Podlaski Instytut Wydawniczy, 2000, s. 313, seria: Biblioteka Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej Polska – Białoruś. ISBN 83-913780-0-4.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
1994-1997
Succeeded by