Vladzimir Astapenka
Vladzimir Astapenka | |
|---|---|
Уладзімір Астапенка | |
| Deputy Representative of the United Transitional Cabinet for Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office September 2022 | |
| President | Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 November 1962 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Education | Belarusian State University |
Vladzimir Arkadyevich Astapenka (Belarusian: Уладзімір Аркадзьевіч Астапенка, romanized: Uladzimir Arkadzevich Astapenka) is a Belarusian diplomat who was ambassador to Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Peru in the 2010s. Astapenka resigned in September 2020 in alignment with the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests that followed the 2020 Belarusian presidential election He was nominated to several positions in the Belarusian opposition, including Deputy Representative for Foreign Affairs of the Belarusian United Transitional Cabinet. and head of the Mission for Democratic Belarus in Brussels in October 2022.