Uladzimir Syanko

Uladzimir Syanko
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 28 July 1994 – 13 January 1997
Preceded by	Piotr Kravchenko
Succeeded by	Ivan Ivanovich Antonovich
Personal details
Born	(1946-08-05) 5 August 1946 Chashniki Raion, Vitebsk Region, Byelorussian SSR
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moscow State Institute of International Relations Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Uladzimir Leonavich Syanko (Belarusian: Уладзімір Лявонавіч Сянько, born 5 August 1946) is a former Belarusian diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1997. From 1994 to 2004, he was an ambassador to France, Spain, and Portugal, and from 2004 to 2011, he represented Belarus in Belgium, the EU and NATO. He was also a member of the Council of the Republic of Belarus from 2012 to 2016.

Syanko graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1973 and from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in 1987.

Personal life

Syanko is married and has children.

Awards

• Commendation of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (April 3, 2006) — for high achievements in the productive and socio-cultural spheres, significant personal contribution to the implementation of projected indicators of the socio-economic development of the republic in 2001-2005

Further reading

• Centrum Naukowo-Analityczne „Białoruska Perspektywa”: Kto jest kim w Białorusi. Białystok: Podlaski Instytut Wydawniczy, 2000, s. 313, seria: Biblioteka Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej Polska – Białoruś. ISBN 83-913780-0-4.