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Roman Golovchenko
Roman Golovchenko
Роман Головченко; Раман Галоўчэнка
	Golovchenko in 2021
10th Prime Minister of Belarus
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 June 2020
President	Alexander Lukashenko
Preceded by	Sergei Rumas
Belarusian Ambassador to the Gulf states
	In office; 22 April 2013 – 18 August 2018
President	Alexander Lukashenko
Deputy Director of the General Prosecution of Belarus
	In office; 2002–2005
President	Alexander Lukashenko
Personal details
Born	10 August 1973 (age 51); Zhodino, Minsk Region, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
Children	3
Alma mater	Moscow State Institute of International Relations; Academy of Public Administration (Belarus)

Roman Alexandrovich Golovchenko^[a] (born 10 August 1973) is a Belarusian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Belarus since 4 June 2020.

Prior to his premiership, he was a diplomat and worked in the country's general prosecution.

Early life

He was born on 10 August 1973 in Zhodzina 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.^[2] 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.^[3] He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1996. He also graduated from the Academy of Public Administration in 2003.^[4]

Career

In 2013, he was made Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, and was then also responsible for representing the country in Qatar, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.^[1]

He was appointed to his current position by President Alexander Lukashenko two months prior to the 2020 Belarusian presidential election.^[5]^[6] 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.^[7]^[8] However, he was retained as Prime Minister of the new government.^[9]

In June 2022, Golovchenko was blacklisted by Canada.^[10]

Awards

Medal "100 years of the formation of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic" (2021, Republic of Tatarstan)^[11]

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. He is fluent in English, Arabic, German and Polish.^[12]^[13]

References

Notes

^ Belarusian: Раман Аляксандаравіч Галоўчэнка, romanized: Raman Alaksandaravič Hałoŭčenka; IPA: [ra'man alʲak'sandravʲit͡ʂ ɣa'ɫɔwt͡ʂɛnka]; Russian: Роман Александрович Головченко, romanized: Roman Aleksandrovič Golovčenko