Anatoly Glaz

Anatoly Glaz
Anatol Hlaz
Анатолий Глаз
Анатоль Глаз
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 June 2018
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
MinisterVladimir Makei
Preceded byDmitry Mironchyk
Personal details
Born (1982-07-31) July 31, 1982 (age 42)

Anatoly Anatolevich Glaz (Russian: Анатолий Анатольевич Глаз, Belarusian: Анатоль Анатолевіч Глаз, romanized: Anatol Anatolievich Hlaz, born 31 July 1982) is diplomatic and a spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.

Biography

Glaz was born into the family of Anatol Tikhanovich Glaz, a Communist Party official in regional Belarus. His father was member of the National Assembly of Belarus between 2008 and 2012.

Glaz joined the Foreign Ministry of Belarus in 2005. Between 2007 and 2009 he worked at the embassy of Belarus in Italy.

From 2009 till 2014 he worked as a foreign policy advisor at the administration of Alexander Lukashenko.

From 2014 to 2018 he again worked at the embassy of Belarus in Rome.

Soon after returning to Minsk in 2018, Glaz was appointed head of the Department of Information and Digital Diplomacy (spokesperson) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.[1]

On 2 December 2021, Anatoly Glaz was banned from entering the European Union.[2] Switzerland joined the EU sanctions on 20 December.[3]

Activity as a spokesperson of the Lukashenko administration

Anatoly Glaz acted as an official international spokesperson of the administration of Alexander Lukashenko during the crackdown of mass protests that followed a controversial presidential election.

Glaz voiced criticism against international sanctions against the Lukashenko administration,[4][5][6] prolongation of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus[7]

References

  1. ^ Anatoly Glaz appointed new spokesperson for Belarus’ MFA - Belarus.by, Official website of the Republic of Belarus, 12 June 2018
  2. ^ "COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/2124 of 2 December 2021 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus". Official Journal of the European Union. 2021-12-02. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  3. ^ "Searching for subjects of sanctions". State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. Archived from the original on 2018-04-01.
  4. ^ МЗС Беларусі: санкцыі – гэта канец палітыкі [Belarus Foreign Ministry: Sanctions are the end of politics] - Belsat, 15 August 2020
  5. ^ Ответ пресс-секретаря МИД А.Глаза на вопрос ТАСС о реакции на решение Совета ЕС об утверждении третьего пакета санкций против Беларуси [Response of FM press secretary A. Glaz to a question from TASS concerning the reaction to the decision of the EU Council to approve the third sanctions package against Belarus]
  6. ^ Афіцыйны Менск адрэагаваў на амэрыканскі «Акт аб дэмакратыі ў Беларусі» [Official Minsk reacts to America’s Belarus Democracy Act] - Radio Svaboda, 29 December 2020
  7. ^ Foreign Ministry calls the prolongation of Special Repporteur’s mandate “a pointless action” - Radio Svaboda, 20 July 2020