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]
Quick Facts Preceded by, Succeeded by ...
Vladimir Rusakevich
Uladzimir Rusakyevich
Belarusian Ambassador to China [be]
of  Belarus
to  China
In office
21 July 2001  6 August 2003
Preceded byVyacheslav Nikolayevich Kuznetsov
Succeeded byAnatoly Demetrious Kharlap [be]
Belarusian Minister of Information [be]
In office
September 1990  November 1993
Preceded byMikhail V. Podgainy [be]
Succeeded byOleg Proleskovsky
Personal details
Born
Vladimir Vasilievich Rusakevich

(1947-09-13) 13 September 1947 (age 77)
Vyhanashchy, Ivatsevichy District, Brest Region, Belarus
EducationHe speaks German and Polish.
Alma mater
  • In 1970 he graduated from the Faculty of Biology
  • In 1983 he graduated from the Chemistry of the Grodno Pedagogical Institute of Grodno Agricultural Institute and the Minsk Higher Party School
  • In 1993 he was decorated with an honorary Doctor of the Brest State University.
  • In 1994 he was decorated with an honorary Doctor of AS Pushkin
  • In 1998 he was decorated with a Ph.D.of the International Academy of Information Technology.
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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.

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