Minister and Deputy Ministers

	Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus H.E. Maxim RYZHENKOV Born in 1972 in Minsk. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Belarusian State University with a degree in International Law (1994) and the Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus with a degree in State and Local Administration (2003). 1994-1995 - Attaché of the Bilateral Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 1995-1996 - Attaché, Third Secretary of the U.S. and Canada Division of the Western Europe and America Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 1996-2000 - Third, Second, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the State of Israel. 2000-2001 - Head of the Sector of Protocol Events of the State Protocol Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 2001-2003 - Head of the OSCE and Council of Europe Pan-European Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 2003-2005 - Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of Poland. 2005-2006 - Head of the America Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 2006-2012 - Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus. 2012-2014 - Assistant to the President of the Republic of Belarus for Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism Development. 2015-2016 - First Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 2016-2024 - First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus. Since June 27, 2024 - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. Holds the diplomatic rank of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Speaks English and Polish. Married, has a daughter.
	First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Н.E. Sergey LUKASHEVICH
	Born in 1977 in the village of Kuntsevschina, Minsk region. Graduated from the Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University with a degree in World Economy and International Economic Relations (1999). 2000-2002 – Third, Second Secretary of the Department of Ukraine and Moldova of the CIS Countries Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 2002-2006 – Second Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of Uzbekistan. 2006-2008 – Third, First Secretary of the Latin America Division of the Office of America of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 2008-2012 – First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Argentine Republic. 2012-2014 – First Secretary, Counsellor of the Department of Global Policy and Humanitarian Cooperation of the Main department of Multilateral Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 2014-2016 – Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Federal Republic of Brazil. 2016-2017 – Head of the Diplomatic Corps Department of the State Protocol Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 2017-2019 – Deputy Head of the State Protocol Service – Head of the Visits Department of the State Protocol Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 2019-2020 – Senior Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Kingdom of Spain. 2020-2021 – Charge d'Affaires of the Republic of Belarus in the Kingdom of Spain. 2021-2024 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Federal Republic of Brazil. Non-resident Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Paraguay and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay. Since May 20, 2024 – First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. Speaks Spanish, English, Portuguese. Married, has two children.
	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus H.E. Evgeny SHESTAKOV Born in 1969 in Volgograd. Graduated from the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages (1992), attended a course arranged by the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics special faculty (1993). 1992-1993 – Attaché of the Bilateral Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 1993-1995 – Attaché, Third Secretary, Second Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Lithuanian Republic. 1995-1998 – Second Secretary of the General and Legal Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 1998-2003 – First Secretary, Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Russian Federation. 2003-2004 – Head of the Organization and Documentation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 2004-2008 – Head of the Chief Organization and Control Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 2008-2016 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Italian Republic, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2009-2016 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Malta with concurrent accreditation. From March, 2016 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. Holds the diplomatic rank of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Speaks English, French, Lithuanian and Italian. Married, has two children.
	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus H.E. Pavel UTYUPIN
	Born in 1976 in the village of Popovka, Primorsky Krai, Russian Federation. Graduated from the Belarusian State University of Economics (1998), Master's and Postgraduate Degrees of the Belarusian State University of Economics (1999, 2002), Academy of Management under the President of the Republic of Belarus (2007). 1994-1995 – Deputy Director for Foreign Economic Relations of the enterprise “Double B”. 1995-1999 – Head of the Foreign Economic Relations Department of the production and commercial firm “UTV”. 1999 – Economist of the Planning and Economic Department of the Joint Venture “Frebor”. 2002-2004 – Advisor to the Chair of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 2004-2006 – Chief Advisor to the Chair of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 2006-2011 – Deputy General Director for Economics and Finance of Belshina Open Joint Stock Company. 2011-2017 – Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Belarus. 2017-2018 – Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Belarus. 2018-2020 – Minister of Industry of the Republic of Belarus. 2020-2025 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Kazakhstan. Since February 4, 2025 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Holds the diplomatic rank of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Speaks English. Married, has two children.
	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus H.E. Igor SEKRETA
	Born in 1975 in the village of Lubcha, Novogrudski district, Grodno region. Graduated from the Minsk State Linguistic University (1996). 1996-1998 – Leading specialist of the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Labor of the Republic of Belarus. 1998-1999 – Attaché of the Citizenship and Permanent Residence Sector of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 1999 – Third Secretary of the Passport and Visa Division of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 1999-2003 – Vice-Consul of the Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Bialystok (Republic of Poland) 2003-2004 – Vice-Consul of the Consulate of the Republic of Belarus in Biala-Podlaska (Republic of Poland). 2004-2005 – First Secretary of the Analysis and Planning Division of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 2005-2007 – Head of the Analysis and Planning Division of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus 2007-2008 – Head of the Passport and Visa Division of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 2008-2011 – First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Swiss Confederation 2011-2012 – Counsellor of the Western Europe Division of the Bilateral Cooperation Department of the General Department of Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus 2012-2013 – Counsellor of the Western Europe Division of the of Department of Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus 2013-2014 – Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of Poland 2014-2017 – Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of Poland 2017-2018 – Senior Counsellor of the Central Europe Division of the Department of Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus 2018-2019 – Senior Counsellor of the Europe Department of the General Department of Europe and North America of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus 2019-2025 – Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus Since March 31, 2025 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. Holds the diplomatic rank of the First Class Counsellor. Speaks German, English, Polish. Married, has a son and a daughter.