Vladimir Makei
Vladimir Makei Уладзімір Макей | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 20 August 2012 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Prime Minister | Mikhail Myasnikovich Andrei Kobyakov Syarhey Rumas Roman Golovchenko |
| Preceded by | Sergei Martynov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 August 1958 , Soviet Union (now Belarus) |
| Alma mater | Minsk State Linguistic University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Belarus |
| Branch/service |  Soviet Army Belarusian Armed Forces |
| Rank | Colonel |
Vladimir Vladimirovich Makei (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Уладзі́міравіч Маке́й, Uladzimir Uladzimiravič Makiej; born August 5, 1958) is a Belarusian politician who has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus since 2012.
Biography[]
Vladimir Makei was born in the hamlet of [be], Karelichy district, Hrodna voblast, Belarusian SSR. He graduated from the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages in 1980.[1][2] 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.[2] In 1993 he graduated from the Austrian Diplomatic Academy.[2] He served in the ministry as secretary of several departments (Information and Humanitarian Cooperation, Analysis and Forecast, Office of the Minister, State Protocol Service).[2] In 1996—1999 he worked in Belarusian embassy in France as a counselor and represented Belarus in the Council of Europe concurrently.[2] In 2000—2008 he was an assistant to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and in 2008—2012 he was the President's Chief of Staff.[2] Since 20 August 2012 he has been Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2]
During 2020 Belarusian protests, Makei said at the meeting in the Ministry of foreign affairs that everyone who disagrees with the state policy should leave the ministry. He also forbade the staff to participate in the protest activity.[3][4] Two employees who made a picket with blank sheets of paper were fired in a week (one of them told the journalists that he was fired for "gross violation of his duties").[5]
In February 2021, Makei accused diplomats of calling for unrest and posting "anti-state" information.[6]
Mikalai Khalezin, director of Belarus Free Theatre, claimed that Makei was responsible for trying to discredit his theatre for Khalezin's anti-Lukashenko activities.[7]
Pavel Latushko, former ambassador to France and Poland, claimed that Makei expressed anti-Russian views in front of European and American diplomats, but after 2020 elections made a volte-face.[8]
Makei speaks Belarusan, Russian, German and English.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Биографии Юрия Жадобина, Вадима Зайцева и Владимира Макея". naviny.by. Jul 15, 2008. Retrieved Aug 15, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Minister and Deputy Ministers". Retrieved Aug 15, 2020.
- ^ Пикет на лестнице: два представителя МИД Беларуси поддержали протесты, несмотря на угрозу увольнения
- ^ Сотрудник МИД, который вышел на пикет, уволен по статье
- ^ Сотрудника МИД, вышедшего на пикет, уволили по статье
- ^ Макей: некоторые послы стран ЕС в Беларуси размещают посты конкретной антигосударственной направленности
- ^ Халезин: Макей — это тот человек, внутри которого борются две сущности, из которых неизменно побеждает худшая
- ^ Латушко: Неоднократно присутствовал на переговорах, когда Макей говорил об угрозах со стороны России
External links[]
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