Piatro Kuzmich Kravchanka ( be, Пятро Кузьміч Краўчанка, born 13 August 1950) is a Belarusian diplomat, political scientist, historian and politician. He was the last foreign minister of the

Byelorussian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

for ten days from 17 to 27 July 1990. He became the first Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1994. He served as a deputy leader of

Supreme Soviet of Belarus The Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus, sometimes translated as Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Вярхоўны Савет Рэспублікі Беларусь), was the unicameral legislature of Belarus between 1991 an ...

from 15 May 1990 to 27 November 1996. Piotr Kravchenko was born on 13 August 1950 in Smalyavichy in

. He graduated at Belarusian State University from 1972 to 1976. In 1985, he was appointed by general secretary of

Communist Party of the Soviet Union "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...

as First Secretary of the Minsk City Committee of the CPB. He was the Belarus Ambassador to Japan from 1999 to 2002.Foreign Minister Piotr Kravchenko of Belarus
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Personal life

Kravchenko is married to his wife and has two children. He is also a practising Roman Catholic.

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* Centrum Naukowo-Analityczne „Białoruska Perspektywa”: ''Kto jest kim w Białorusi''. Białystok: Podlaski Instytut Wydawniczy, 2000, s. 313, seria: Biblioteka Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej Polska – Białoruś. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Kravchenka, Piatro 1950 births Living people People from Smalyavichy District 20th-century Belarusian historians Belarusian male writers Belarusian diplomats Communist Party of Byelorussia politicians Members of the Supreme Council of Belarus Belarusian Roman Catholics Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Soviet Union) Foreign ministers of Belarus Belarusian State University alumni Ambassadors of Belarus to Japan Male non-fiction writers

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