Piatro Kravchanka

Piatro Kravchanka
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus
In office 19 September 1991 – 28 July 1994
Leader	Stanislav Shushkevich
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Uladzimir Syanko
3rd Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Byelorussian SSR
In office 27 July 1990 – 19 September 1991
First Secretary	Yefrem Sokolov
Preceded by	Anatoly Gurinovich
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	(1950-08-13) 13 August 1950 Smalyavichy, Minsk Region, Byelorussia SSR (now Belarus)
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Alma mater	Belarusian State University

Piatro Kuzmich Kravchanka (Belarusian: Пятро Кузьміч Краўчанка; born 13 August 1950) is a Belarusian diplomat, political scientist, historian and politician. He was the last foreign minister of the Byelorussian SSR for ten days from 17 to 27 July 1990. He became the first Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1994. He served as a deputy leader of Supreme Soviet of Belarus from 15 May 1990 to 27 November 1996.

Piotr Kravchenko was born on 13 August 1950 in Smalyavichy in Byelorussian SSR. He graduated at Belarusian State University from 1972 to 1976. In 1985, he was appointed by general secretary of Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev as First Secretary of the Minsk City Committee of the CPB. He was the Belarus Ambassador to Japan from 1999 to 2002.

Personal life

Kravchenko is married to his wife and has two children. He is also a practising Roman Catholic.

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.