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BELARUS - H.E. Andrei Dapkiunas

Credentials: 30.09.2020

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Born on April 11, 1963 in Minsk

Has a son and a daughter.

EDUCATION

Graduated from the Minsk State Teachers Training Institute for Foreign Languages (1985) and completed a postgraduate course at the Belarusian State University (1991). PhD in Political Science (1991).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1985–1988: Lecturer, Interpretation Department, Minsk State Teachers Training Institute for Foreign Languages
1989–1990: Research Fee scholar, London School of Economics and Political Science
1992: Second Secretary, Chernobyl International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
1992–1994: Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Belarus to the United Nations
1994–1995: Second Secretary, Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
1995–1997: Head of the Office for the US and Canada, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
1997–2004: Director, Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
2004–2011
Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations
2006: President of the Executive Board of UNICEF
2008: Vice-President of ECOSOC
2011: Director, Department of International Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
2011–2017: Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations
2017–2020: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

Languages: English, French and Polish

Fotos: HBF