Andrei Kobyakov | |
---|---|
Андрэй Кабякоў Андрей Кобяков | |
8th Prime Minister of Belarus | |
In office 27 December 2014 –18 August 2018 | |
President | Alexander Lukashenko |
Deputy | Natalya Kochanova |
Preceded by | Mikhail Myasnikovich |
Succeeded by | Syarhey Rumas |
Personal details | |
Born | Moscow,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union (now Russia) | 21 November 1960
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | |
Andrei Vladimirovich Kobyakov [a] (born 21 November 1960) is a Belarusian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Belarus between 2014 and 2018, appointed by president Alexander Lukashenko on 27 December 2014. [1] [2] Before this appointment, Kobyakov served as Lukashenko's Chief of Staff from 2012 to 2014.
He was a Deputy Prime Minister [3] from December 2003 to 28 December 2010. [4]
Andrei Kobyakov was born in Moscow in 1960. [5] From the age of three, he lived in the territory of Belarus. [4]
In 1983, he graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute. From 1985-1988 he worked first as a senior master, then deputy shop superintendent, and deputy chief of Minsk Mechanical Works assembly plant factory.
In 1991, he graduated from the Belarusian State Institute of National Economy. From 1989-1991 he was a student at the Institute of Political Science and Social Management of the CPB.
From 1995 to 1996 he served as Deputy Chief of the Control Service and from 1996 to 1998 he was the Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian State Control Committee. In June 1998, he became President of the Belarusian State Concern for production and sale of light industry goods.
He was appointed chairman of the State Control Committee on 2 December 1998 by order of the President. On 6 October 2000 he was appointed representative of the State in OAO "Belpromstroibank."
From 2000 to 2001 he was the First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus. On 24 September 2001 the President appointed him Deputy Prime Minister.
He was the Economy Minister from 3 July 2002 to 24 December 2003.
On 28 December 2010, he served as the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus.
He was appointed Ambassador to Russia on 8 December 2011 and served until 2012.
He was Chief of Staff to the President [5] from 27 August 2012 to 27 December 2014.
Kobyakov is married with a daughter and a son. [5]
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko is a Belarusian politician who has been the president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making him the current longest-serving head of state in Europe.
The Union State of Russia and Belarus, officially also referred to as Union State, is a supranational union consisting of Belarus and Russia, with the stated aim of deepening the relationship between the two states through integration in economic and defence policy. Originally, the Union State aimed to create a confederation; however, both countries currently retain their independence.
The prime minister of the Republic of Belarus is the deputy head of government of Belarus. Until 1991, it was known as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic as the head of the government of the constituent republic of the Soviet Union.
The president of the Republic of Belarus is the head of state and head of government of Belarus. The office was created in 1994 with the passing of the Constitution of Belarus by the Supreme Council. This replaced the office of Chairman of the Supreme Council as the head of state. The tasks of the president include executing foreign and domestic policy, defending the rights and general welfare of citizens and residents, and upholding the Constitution. The president is mandated by the Constitution to serve as a leader in the social affairs of the country and to act as its main representative abroad. The duties, responsibilities and other transitional clauses dealing with the presidency are listed in Chapter Three, Articles 79 through 89, of the Constitution.
Alaksandar Uładzimieravič Milinkievič is a Belarusian politician. He was nominated by the leading opposition parties in Belarus to run against incumbent Alexander Lukashenko in the 2006 presidential election.
Before 1918, both Belarus and Georgia were part of the Russian Empire and both were part of the USSR until 1991. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1992.
Andrei Olegovich Sannikov is a Belarusian politician and activist. In the early 1990s, he headed the Belarusian delegation on Nuclear and Conventional Weapons Armament Negotiations, also serving as a Belarusian diplomat to Switzerland. From 1995 to 1996, he served as Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus, resigning as a form of political protest. He co-founded the civil action Charter 97, and was awarded the Bruno Kreisky Prize in 2005.
Mikhail Vladimirovich Myasnikovich is a Belarusian politician who was Prime Minister of Belarus from 2010 to 2014. He was the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission in 2020-24.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Makei was a Belarusian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus from 2012 until his death in 2022.
The following lists events that happened during 2014 in the Republic of Belarus.
Lieutenant General Andrei Alyakseyevich Ravkov is a Belarusian General and military leader who last served as the State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus in 2020.
The Security Council of Belarus is an interdepartmental body with a mandate to ensure the security of the Republic of Belarus. It considers internal and external affairs of the state with regard to the interest of maintaining security and defense. The Council was established upon the adoption of Resolution +1249 on 15 November 1991. The current Secretary of the Council is Alexander Volfovich.
The following lists events in the year 2017 in Belarus.
Events from the year 2016 in Belarus
Events in the year 2018 in Belarus.
Sergei Nikolayevich Rumas is a Belarusian politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of Belarus from 18 August 2018 to 3 June 2020.
Roman Alexandrovich Golovchenko is a Belarusian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Belarus since 4 June 2020.
General Vadim Zaitsev is a Ukrainian-born former head of the KGB of Belarus under president Alexander Lukashenka.
The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus or Minekonomiki (Минэкономики) is the Belarusian government ministry which oversees the economic policy of Belarus.
Anatoĺ Mikalajevič Kalinin is a Belarusian politician and diplomat who served as the deputy prime minister in the government of president Aleksandr Lukashenko and Belarusian ambassador to the Republic of Moldova.