Vladimir Makei

Vladimir Makei
Уладзімір Макей
Vladimir Makei; Уладзімір Макей
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 August 2012
Prime Minister	Mikhail Myasnikovich; Andrei Kobyakov; Syarhey Rumas
Preceded by	Sergei Martynov
Personal details
Born	5 August 1958 (age 65); Niekraševičy, 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 Makei (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Уладзі́міравіч Маке́й, Uladzimir Uladzimiravič Makiej; born (1958-08-05)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 Niekraševičy^[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]