AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
ALEXANDER D. SIDORUK
AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY
OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS TO THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
AND CONCURRENTLY TO THE REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA, REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE, REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA AND REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE
Date & Place of Birth: 14th January, 1968 Kobrin, Brest region, Belarus
Education:
1985-92 Minsk State Linguistic University
Degree: Interpreter of English & French
1990-92 Degree: International Economic Activities
1994-95 Academy of Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus
Degree: Public Administration
Language Skills: Russian, Belarusian, English, French
Professional experience:
1992-1995 | Senior Expert, Dept. of Foreign Economic Relations, Brest Regional Administration |
1995-1997 | Attaché, 3rd Secretary, Regional Cooperation Unit, Dept. of International Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus |
1997-1999 | 3rd, 2nd, 1st Secretary, Counsellor, EU-CoE Unit, Dept. of Regional Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus |
1998-1999 | Regional Stabilisation Officer, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2000-2004 | Counsellor, Head of the Trade and Economic Group, Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Kingdom of Belgium / Mission of Belarus to the European Union |
2005-2007 | Head of the Trade Defence and Market Access Division, Department of External Economic Activities, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus |
2007-2011 | Counsellor, Head of the Trade and Economic Group, Embassy of Belarus in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
2011-2013 | Senior Counsellor, Head of Unit, Department of Eurasian Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus |
2014 | Monitoring Officer, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine |
2013-2017 | Head, Directorate General for Russia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus |
By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 7th December, 2017 No.435 has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of South Africa and concurrently to the Republic of Angola, Republic of Mozambique, Republic of Namibia and Republic of Zimbabwe.
Has the highest class of the second rank of Civil State Employee and diplomatic rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 1st class.
Married, has a daughter.