Roman Golovchenko | |
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| Роман Головченко Раман Галоўчэнка | |
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| Chairman of theNational Bank of the Republic of Belarus | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2025 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Preceded by | Pavel Kallaur |
| 10th Prime Minister of Belarus | |
| In office 4 June 2020 – 10 March 2025 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Preceded by | Sergei Rumas |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Turchin |
| Chairman of theState Military-Industrial Committee of Belarus | |
| In office 18 August 2018 – 3 June 2020 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Preceded by | Oleg Dvigalev |
| Succeeded by | Dmitry Pantus |
| Belarusian Ambassador to theGulf states | |
| In office 22 April 2013 – 18 August 2018 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Deputy Director of the General Prosecution of Belarus | |
| In office 2002–2005 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1973-08-10)10 August 1973 (age 52)[1] Zhodino, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations Academy of Public Administration (Belarus) |
Roman Alexandrovich Golovchenko[a] (born 10 August 1973) is a Belarusian politician who is currently the chairman of theNational Bank of the Republic of Belarus since 10 March 2025. He previously served asPrime Minister of Belarus from June 2020 to March 2025.
Prior to his premiership, he was a diplomat and worked in the country's general prosecution.
He was born on 10 August 1973 inZhodzina as an only child. His father Alexander Nikolaevich Golovchenko graduated from theBelarusian Polytechnic Institute and worked as an engineer in the design bureau ofMinsk Tractor Works.[2] Roman Golovchenko lived in Zhodzina up until the age of 10, when he moved with his parents to Minsk, where he graduated from high school.[3] He graduated from theMoscow State Institute of International Relations in 1996. He also graduated from theAcademy of Public Administration in 2003.[4]
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In 2013, he was made Ambassador to theUnited Arab Emirates, and was then also responsible for representing the country inQatar,Kuwait, andSaudi Arabia.[1]
In 2018, he was named as the chairman of theState Military-Industrial Committee of Belarus.[5]
He was appointed as Prime Minister by PresidentAlexander Lukashenko two months prior to the2020 Belarusian presidential election.[6][7] He offered his resignation amid a cabinet reshuffle on 17 August 2020, during the2020 Belarusian protests.[8][9] However, he was retained as Prime Minister of the new government.[10]
In June 2022, Golovchenko was blacklisted by Canada.[11]
On March 10, 2025, he was relieved of his duties as Prime Minister and appointed Chairman of the Board of theNational Bank of the Republic of Belarus.[12]
Medal "100 years of the formation of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic" (2021,Republic of Tatarstan)[13]
Order of the Friendship of Peoples (2022,Republic of Bashkortostan)[14]He has a son from his first marriage and two daughters from his current marriage. His son Georgy Yatskovsky, is a student of theBauman Moscow State Technical University. He is fluent inEnglish,Arabic,German andPolish.[15][16]
| Belarusian National Republic(1918–1919) | ||
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| Byelorussian SSR(1919–1991) | ||
| Republic of Belarus(1991–present) | ||
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