Roman Alexandrovich Golovchenko ( be, Раман Аляксандравіч Галоўчэнка, Raman Aliaksandravič Haloŭčenka; ,
Russian
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*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
: Роман Александрович Головченко; born 10 August 1973) is a
Belarus
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ian politician who has served as
Prime Minister of Belarus
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since 4 June 2020.
Early life and professional activity
He was born on 10 August 1973 in
Zhodzina
Zhodzina (officially transliterated as Žodzina, also spelled Zhodino, be, Жо́дзіна, , russian: Жо́дино, , pl, Żodzino, is a city in Belarus, located in the Minsk Region, 50 km north-east of Minsk. The city covers an area of ...
as an only child. His father Alexander Nikolaevich Golovchenko graduated from the
Belarusian Polytechnic Institute and worked as an engineer in the design bureau of
Minsk Tractor Works
Minsk Tractor Works ( be, Мінскі трактарны завод, Minski traktarny zavod; russian: Минский тракторный завод; MTZ) is a Belarusian agricultural machinery manufacturer with headquarters in Minsk, Belarus. M ...
. Roman Golovchenko lived in Zhodzina up until the age of 10, when he moved with his parents to Minsk, where he graduated from high school. He graduated from the
in 1996. He also graduated from the
Academy of Public Administration in 2003.
Career
In 2013, he was made Ambassador to the
United Arab Emirates
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, and was then also responsible for representing the country in
Qatar
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,
Kuwait
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, and
Saudi Arabia
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.
He was appointed to his current position by President
Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian language, Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian language, Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лука ...
two months prior to the
2020 Belarusian presidential election. Prior to his appointment, he served as the Chairman of the State Military-Industrial Committee. He offered his resignation amid a cabinet reshuffle on 17 August 2020, during the
2020 Belarusian protests. However, he was retained as Prime Minister of the new government.
Personal life
He has a son from his first marriage and two daughters from his current marriage. His son Georgy Yatskovsky, is a student of the
Bauman Moscow State Technical University
The Bauman Moscow State Technical University, BMSTU (russian: link=no, Московский государственный технический университет им. Н. Э. Баумана (МГТУ им. Н. Э. Баумана)), some ...
. He is fluent in
English
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,
Arabic
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,
German
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and
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
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.
References
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1973 births
Living people
People from Zhodzina
Diplomats from Minsk
Politicians from Minsk
Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni
Prime Ministers of Belarus
Ambassadors of Belarus to the United Arab Emirates
21st-century Belarusian politicians