Vladimir_Rusakevich
Vladimir Rusakevich
Belarusian former politician and diplomat
Vladimir Vasilievich Rusakevich (Belarusian: Уладзімір Васілевіч Русакевіч, romanized: Uladzimir Vasilyevich Rusakyevich, born 13 September 1947) is a retired Belarusian politician and Ambassador.
- In 1963 he began his career, as the head of the library and teacher in the high school of Hotynitskoy in the Hantsavichy District
- From 1970 to 1971 he was director of a school in the Ivatsevichy District.
- He has held several senior positions in the Komsomol, the party, and was chairman of the executive committee Hantsavichy and Deputy Chairman of the Brest Regional Executive Committee.
- From 1973 to 1994 he was Deputy member of the District, Regional Council.
- From 1990 to 1995 he was member of the Supreme Council of Belarus.
- from March to December 1994 he was member of the commission on the work of the Soviets of People's Deputies and the development of self-government.
- In 1991 he was Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council.
- From 1994 to 1996 he was Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus and supervised culture, education, science, sports, health and social protection.
- From 1997 to 2000 he was deputy head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Belarus in charge of personnel management issues.
- From July 2000 to 6 August 2003 he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus Beijing (People's Republic of China).
- From 6 August 2003 to 4 December 2009 he was Minister of Information of the Republic of Belarus.[1]
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Rusakevich has been on the US sanctions list since 2007.[2] From 2006[3] to 2008[4] and again from 2011[5] to 2013[6] Rusakevich was also subject to the European Union sanctions.
