Vladzimir Astapenka

Vladzimir Astapenka
Уладзімір Астапенка
Deputy Representative of the United Transitional Cabinet for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 2022
PresidentSviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Personal details
Born (1962-11-13) 13 November 1962 (age 61)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
EducationBelarusian State University

Vladzimir Arkadyevich Astapenka (Belarusian: Уладзімір Аркадзьевіч Астапенка, romanized: Uladzimir Arkadzevich Astapenka) is a Belarusian diplomat who was ambassador to Cuba,[1] Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Peru in the 2010s.[2] Astapenka resigned in September 2020 in alignment with the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests that followed the 2020 Belarusian presidential election[2] He was nominated to several positions in the Belarusian opposition, including Deputy Representative for Foreign Affairs of the Belarusian United Transitional Cabinet.[3] and head of the Mission for Democratic Belarus in Brussels in October 2022.[4][3]

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