Ambassador of Belarus

HE Mr. Sergei ALEINIK

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus
to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus
to Ireland with concurrent accreditation

Born on 28 January 1965 in Minsk. 

Education: Minsk State Pedagogic Institute of Foreign Languages (1986), Diploma in the German and English languages; Diplomatic Academy in Vienna (1993), Diploma in International Relations. 

1992

Joined the Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Belarus.  Third Secretary, Head of Section, Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 

1994-1995

Deputy Head of the State Protocol Division, State Protocol Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 

1995-1996

Consul, Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in the Hague, Netherlands. 

1996-1999

Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Netherlands, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. 

1999-2002

Head of the State Protocol Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. 

2002-2009

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Holy See and to the Sovereign Order of Malta (with residence in Geneva). 

2009-2013

Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus retaining his Ambassadorship to the Holy See and to the Sovereign Order of Malta. 

since January 2013

since 26 March 2013

since October 2017

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (presented the copies of his Credentials to the Vice Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, Director of Protocol on 19 February 2013.  According to the UK protocol, after the presentation of the copies of the Credentials Ambassador assumes his functions). 

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to Ireland with concurrent accreditation. 

Permanent Representative at the International Maritime Organisation

2012

Awarded the Grand Cross pro Merito Melitensi of the Sovereign Order of Malta.