Ivan Antonovich | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 13 January 1997 – 4 December 1998 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Prime Minister | Sergey Ling |
| Preceded by | Uladzimir Syanko |
| Succeeded by | Ural Latypov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1937 Damašy, Nowogródek Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union Communist Party of Byelorussia |
| Alma mater | Kazan Federal University |
Ivan Ivanavich Antanovich (Belarusian: Іва́н Іва́навіч Антано́віч, Russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Антоно́вич born 3 April 1937) is a Belarusian sociologist, linguist, political scientist, philosopher, diplomat, and politician. He was a professor of sociology in 1973 and a doctorate for Doktor nauk in 1977. He is a founder of the Republican Party of Labour and Justice. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Belarus from 1997 to 1998. He speaks fluent Belarusian, Russian and English.[1][2]