Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus
Andrei DAPKIUNAS
Born on April 11, 1963 in Minsk.
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).
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1985–1988 |
Lecturer, Interpretation Department, Minsk State Teachers Training Institute for Foreign Languages |
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1989–1990 |
Research Fee scholar, London School of Economics and Political Science |
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1992 |
Second Secretary, Chernobyl International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus |
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1992–1994 |
Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Belarus to the United Nations |
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1994–1995 |
Second Secretary, Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus |
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1995–1997 |
Head of the Office for the US and Canada, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus |
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1997–2004 |
Director, Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus |
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2004–2011 |
Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations |
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2006 |
President of the Executive Board of UNICEF |
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2008 |
Vice-President of ECOSOC |
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2011 |
Director, Department of International Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus |
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2011–2017 |
Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations |
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2017–2020 |
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus |
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Since September, 2020 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Austria, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the International Organisations in Vienna and to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) |
Holds the diplomatic rank of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Speaks English, French and Polish. Has a son and a daughter.
