Vladimir Makei
Vladimir Makei is a Belarusian politician who has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus since 2012.Biography
Vladimir Makei was born in village, Karelichy district, Hrodna voblast, Belarusian SSR. He graduated from the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages in 1980. He served in the Armed Forces of the USSR and in the Armed Forces of Belarus after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He retired in 1993 as a colonel. In 1993 he graduated from the Austrian Diplomatic Academy. He served in the ministry as secretary of several departments. In 1996—1999 he worked in Belarusian embassy in France as a counselor and represented Belarus in the Council of Europe concurrently. In 2000—2008 he was an assistant to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and in 2008—2012 he was the President's Chief of Staff. Since 20 August 2012 he has been Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Makei speaks Belarusan, Russian, German and English.
