Anatoly Anatolevich Glaz (russian: Анатолий Анатольевич Глаз, be, Анатоль Анатолевіч Глаз, Anatol Anatolievich Hlaz, born 31 July 1982) is diplomatic and a spokesperson of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Міністэрства замежных спраў Рэспублікі Беларусь, BGN/PCGN: ''Ministerstva zamyezhnykh spraw Respubliki Byelarus’''; russian: Мини ...
.
Biography
Glaz was born into the family of Anatol Tikhanovich Glaz, a Communist Party official in regional Belarus. His father was member of the
National Assembly of Belarus
The National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Нацыянальны сход Рэспублікі Беларусь, Nacyjanalny schod Respubliki Bielaruś; russian: Национальное собрание Республики Бел ...
between 2008 and 2012.
Glaz joined the Foreign Ministry of Belarus in 2005. Between 2007 and 2009 he worked at the embassy of Belarus in
Italy
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.
From 2009 till 2014 he worked as a foreign policy advisor at the
administration of Alexander Lukashenko.
From 2014 to 2018 he again worked at the embassy of Belarus in Rome.
Soon after returning to
Minsk
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in 2018, Glaz was appointed head of the Department of Information and Digital Diplomacy (spokesperson) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.
On 2 December 2021, Anatoly Glaz was banned from entering the European Union. Switzerland joined the EU sanctions on 20 December.
Activity as a spokesperson of the Lukashenko administration
Anatoly Glaz acted as an official international spokesperson of the administration of Alexander Lukashenko during the crackdown of
mass protests that followed a controversial
presidential election
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Elections by country
Albania
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Chile
The pre ...
.
Glaz voiced criticism against international sanctions against the Lukashenko administration, prolongation of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus
Foreign Ministry calls the prolongation of Special Repporteur’s mandate “a pointless action”
- Radio Svaboda
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, 20 July 2020
References
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Presidential Administration of Belarus
Belarusian diplomats
Belarusian propagandists
1982 births
Living people