Ural Ramdrakovich Latypov (russian: Ура́л Рамдракович Латы́пов, be, Урал Рамдракавіч Латыпаў, translit=Ural Ramdrakavich Latypaw, tt-Cyrl, Урал Рамдрак улы Латыйпов, born 28 February 1951) is a Belarusian jurist, diplomat and politician.

Biography

Latypov was born into an ethnic Tatar family in the

Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( ba, Башҡорт Автономиялы Совет Социалистик Республикаhы; russian: Башкирская Автономная Советская Социалистиче� ...

. In 1973 he graduated from the Kazan University in Tatarstan and subsequently held different positions at the KGB. In 1989 Latypov was transferred to the

Higher School of the KGB The FSB Academy (russian: Академия ФСБ), in full the Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (), is an education and research institution federally chartered to prepare Russian intelligence personnel for the ...

in Minsk. He kept working at the school after the dissolution of the USSR and after its transformation into the National Security Institute of the Republic of Belarus. In 1994 he was appointed aide to the newly elected president Alexander Lukashenko. Until 1998, he held various positions at the

Presidential Administration of Belarus The Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus (russian: Администрация Президента Республики Беларусь, be, Адміністрацыя Прэзідэнта Рэспублікі Белар ...

. From 4 December 1998 to 27 November 2000, Latypov was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus under President Alexander Lukashenko and Prime Minister

Vladimir Yermoshin Vladimir Vasilyevich Yermoshin ( be, Уладзі́мір Васі́левіч Ярмо́шын, tr. ''Uladzimir Vasilevich Yarmoshyn''; russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ермо́шин; born 26 October 1942) is a politician f ...

. Between 2000 and 2001 he served as state secretary of the Security Council of Belarus. Between 2021 and 2004, Latypov was head of the

Biography

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