Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Türkiye

Mr. Victor RYBAK

Born on 1 March 1968.
Education: Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages (1992); Belarusian State Economic University (1996).
1992 – 1995 – Military service.
1995 – 1997 – Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of the Republic of Belarus.
1997 – 1998 – Senior Expert, acting Trade Representative of the Republic of Belarus in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
1998 – 2000 – First Secretary, Chargé d’Affaires of the Republic of Belarus in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
2000 – 2002 – Counsellor, Head of Asia Division of Asia and Africa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
2003 – 2007 – Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
2007 – 2008 – Deputy Head of Asia and Africa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
2008 – 2016 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Islamic Republic of Iran with concurrent accreditation to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (2011–2014).
2016 – 2018 – Head of Asia, Australia and Oceania Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
2018 – 2019 – Director-General for Asia, Africa and Latin America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
Since 2019 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Türkiye with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Iraq.
Speaks Persian and English.
Married, has two daughters.