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.

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.

Born in 1965 in Brest Region, Belarus
Graduated from the Belarusian Polytechnical Institute (1992). 

1982-1984 – Miller, Minsk Instrumental Plant
1984-1986 – Service in the Armed Forces 
1986-1987 – Miller, Central Design Bureau, Academy of Science of the BSSR
1987-1992 – Studies in the Belarusian Polytechnical Institute
1992-1994 – Engineer, Joint Venture "Dialog-Minsk",”Invest-Holding“
1994-2005 – Service in the Minsk Regional Customs and State Customs Committee, last position – the Deputy Director, Director of the Tariff Regulation and Customs Payments Department  
2005-2008 – Deputy Director of Foreign Trade Policy Department, Director of Tariff and Customs Regulation Department, Directorate-General for Foreign Economic Activity, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2008-2011 – Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of Latvia
2011-2013 – Deputy Director – Director of Foreign Trade Policy Department, Directorate-General for Foreign Economic Activity, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2013-2015 – Director, Directorate-General for Foreign Economic Activity, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2015-2020 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Armenia 
2020-2022 – Director, Trade Policy Department, Eurasian Economic Commission 
Since March, 2022 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
Holds the diplomatic rank of the Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Second Class. 
Speaks English and Spanish. 
Married, has a daughter.