Ivan Antanovich

Ivan Antonovich
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
13 January 1997  4 December 1998
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Prime MinisterSergey Ling
Preceded byUladzimir Syanko
Succeeded byUral Latypov
Personal details
Born (1937-04-03) 3 April 1937
Damašy, Nowogródek Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of Byelorussia
Alma materKazan 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.