Uladzimir Syanko

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
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 was the Minister of Foreign Affairs,[1][2][3] 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.

Awards

  • 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

References

  1. ^ Hunter, B. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1995-96. p. 396. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  2. ^ "BELARUS". Jamestown Foundation. 11 September 1995. Retrieved 13 March 2026. At a news conference yesterday, Foreign Minister Uladzimir Syanko denied persistent rumors that he is about to step down. His remarks follow a similar refutation earlier this week by President Aleksandr Lukashenko, who blamed a "moral terror" campaign by the political opposition for the speculation about Syanko's future.
  3. ^ "Delegation of Belarus to the 50th Session of the General Assembly". The United Nations. 25 September 1995. Retrieved 13 March 2026. Uladzimir Syanko (right, behind name-plate), Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belarus, heading his nations's delegation to the fiftieth session of the General Assembly.

Further reading

  • 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.