Ivan Ivanavich Antanovich ( be, Іва́н Іва́навіч Антано́віч, russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Антоно́вич born 3 April 1937) is a Belarusian sociologist, linguist, political scientist, philosopher, diplomat, and politician. He was a professor of sociology in 1973 and a doctorate for
Doktor nauk
Doctor of Sciences ( rus, доктор наук, p=ˈdoktər nɐˈuk, abbreviated д-р наук or д. н.; uk, доктор наук; bg, доктор на науките; be, доктар навук) is a higher doctoral degree in the Russi ...
in 1977. He is a founder of the
Republican Party of Labour and Justice
The Republican Party of Labour and Justice (RPTS; russian: Республиканская партия труда и справедливости; РПТС, Respublikanskaya partiya truda i spravedlivosti; RPTS; be, Рэспубліканская ...
. He was the
Minister of Foreign Affairs for Belarus from 1997 to 1998. He speaks fluent Belarusian, Russian and English.
[Біографія Івана Антоновича]
(Russian)
Personal life
He was born in the village of
Damašy in the
Second Polish Republic in 1937. He graduated from the
Kazan Federal University in Russia. In 1969, he was working at the Secretariat in the
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...
in the
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
. In 1977, he was a head secretary of
Minsk City CPB and later was the head of Culture and Department of
Communist Party of Byelorussia. rom 1990 to 1991 - Deputy Head of the Department of the Central Committee of links with social and political organizations. From 1990 to 1991 he was the member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of the RSFSR. From 1990 to 1991, he was the Secretary of the Communist Party of the RSFSR Relations socio-political organizations. From 1991 to 1993 he worked in the international non-governmental research and educational organization "Rau-Corporation." He served as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus from 1996 to 1997. He is married and has two children.
References
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1937 births
Living people
People from Lyakhavichy District
People from Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Kazan Federal University alumni
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Communist Party of Byelorussia politicians
Republican Party of Labour and Justice politicians
Foreign ministers of Belarus
Belarusian diplomats
Belarusian philosophers
Linguists from Belarus
Belarusian sociologists
Permanent Delegates of Belarus to UNESCO