Address: 6 Kensington Court, London W8 5DL

General Enquiries / Ambassador's Office Tel. No. (44) 207 937 32 88

Consular and Visa Section Tel. No. (44) 207 938 36 77, (44) 207 938 59 84

Trade and Economic Section Tel. No. (44) 207 938 16 33, (44) 207 938 59 88

Fax No. (44) 207 361 00 05,  E-mail: uk@belembassy.org

Embassy Opening Hours: 09.00 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 18.00

Consular and Visa Section Opening Hours: 09.00 - 12.30

AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND



Aleksandr Mikhnevich

Born in 1953 in Minsk
Graduated from the Moscow Engineering and Physical Institute (1977) and the All-Union Foreign Commerce Academy (1986)

1977-1978	Engineer, "Integral" Production and Technical Amalgamation, Minsk
1978-1980	Deputy Secretary of the Youth League committee, "Integral" Production and Technical Amalgamation, Minsk
1980-1983	Head of Division, Minsk City Committee of the Youth League of Belarus
1983-1986	Student, All-Union Foreign Commerce Academy, Moscow
1986-1987	Acting Head of Personnel Division, Belarusian Research Institute of Scientific and Technical Information and Technical and Economic Researches, State Planning Committee of the Belarus Soviet Republic
1987-1988	Head of Patent and License Researches Division, Belarusian Research Institute of Scientific and Technical Information and Technical and Economic Researches, State Planning Committee of the Belarus Soviet Republic
1988-1992	Head of Foreign Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Light Industry of the Belarus Soviet Republic
1992-1995	Head of Division, then Head of Foreign Economic Relations Department, Belarusian State Production and Trade Concern of Light Industries "Bellegprom"
1995-2000	First Vice-President, Belarusian State Production and Trade Concern of Light Industries "Bellegprom"
2000-2006	Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
August 2006	Appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the UK and Ireland

Speaks English and Polish
Awarded with national decorations
Married, has a son

DIPLOMATIC STAFF

Dr. Zoya Kolontai. (Tel. No. (44) 207 937 32 88, (44) 207 938 59 89)

Counsellor (Political Affairs, Multilateral Institutions, Education and Science, Culture).

Mr. Sergei Zaikov. (Tel. No. (44) 207 937 32 88, (44) 207 938 59 85)

Counsellor (Co-operation with Law Enforcement Bodies in combating terrorism, organized crime, people and drugs trafficking, Representation of Belarusian Law Enforcement Agencies, Internal Security).

Mr. Andrei Dashutin. (Tel. No. (44) 207 937 32 88, (44) 207 938 16 33, (44) 207 938 59 88)

Counsellor (Economics, Foreign Economic/Commercial Affairs, Head of Economic/Commercial Section, Investment, Technologies, Interaction with the EBRD and other multilateral organisations).

Mr. Denis Mezenko. (Tel. No. (44) 207 937 32 88, (44) 207 938 59 86)

First Secretary (Bilateral Economic Relations, Trade & Commerce, Interaction with Businesses, E-Commerce, Finance, Exhibitions and Fairs, Ecology, Legal, Administrative Matters).                

Mr. Nikolai Lychagin. (Tel. No. (44) 207 938 36 77, (44) 207 938 59 84)

First Secretary (Consular Affairs, Legal Assistance, Tourism,  Telecommunications, Diaspora).

Mr. Aleksei Shved. (Tel. No. (44) 207 937 32 88, (44) 207 938 59 87)

Second Secretary (Relations with Third Countries, Protocol, Contacts with Diplomatic Corps in London, Contacts with Businesses, Business Associations, Regions and Twinning Cities, Media, Public Relations, Social and Humanitarian Affairs).

Mr. Igor Khazanovsky. (Tel. No. (44) 207 937 32 88)

Attaché (Maintaining Computers, Administering Local Net and Web site, Logistics).

Mr. Aleksei Bichurin. (Tel. No. (44) 207 937 32 88)

Senior Administrative Manager (Head of Chancery, Information, Judicial and Administrative Affairs).

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