Andrei Dapkiunas

H.E.
Andrei Dapkiunas
Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations
In office
27 August 2004 – 4 February 2011
Preceded by Sergey Ling
Succeeded by Zoya Kolontai (chargée d'affaires a.i.)
In office
13 December 2011 – present
Personal details
Born 11 April 1963
Minsk, Belarus
Spouse(s) Olga Dapkiunas (Lichač)
Occupation Diplomat

Andrei Dapkiunas (Belarusian: Андрэй Дапкюнас, born April 11, 1963, Minsk) is a Belarusian diplomat. From 2004 until 2011 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and the Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations. Vice-President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC (2008). President of the Executive Board of the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF (2006). Before the posting to the United Nations in 2004, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, including as Director of the Americas Department. He holds a political science degree from the Belarusian State University (1991) and a degree in languages (English and French) from the Minsk State Institute for Foreign Languages (1985). Alumnus of the London School of Economics and Political Science (Research Fee student, 1989–1990). He is fluent in English, French and Polish.

He is married to Olga Dapkiunas (Lichač), with a daughter, Alena, and a son, Hleb.

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