President of Belarus
He headed the Analytical Division of the KGB of Belarus and was the Director-General of the Belarusian Telegraph Agency. He was appointed Deputy Head of the Administration of the President in 2003, a post he held until 2007. He was the chief of the Main Ideological Administion of the President of Belarus from 2007 to 2008. He was appointed the Director of the Information-Analytical Centre of the Administration of the President of Belarus in 2008, a post he held until 4 December 2009, when he was appointed Minister of Information of Belarus.