Ambassador in 2006-2012

                  
H.E. Ms.  Alena KUPCHYNA

Born in 1965 in the city of Minsk, Belarus.

Graduated from the Belarusian State University, Faculty of Law (1987); Post-graduate study at the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Law (international law, constitutional law) (1987-1990); Doctor of Law (1991).

Professional activities:
1990-1992 – Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy and Law, Belarusian Academy of Sciences;
 

1992-1993 – Second Secretary, Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus;

1993-1994 – Head of International Treaties Division, Legal Department, MFA;

1994-1995 – Deputy Director of Legal Department, MFA;

1995-1997 – Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Belarus to UN Office and other international organizations at Geneva;

1997-1998 – Deputy Permanent Representative of Belarus to UN Office and other international organizations at Geneva;
 

2001-2002 – Consultant, Department of International Organizations, MFA;

2002-2004 – Director of Department for Humanitarian, Ecological, Scientific and Technical Cooperation, MFA;

2004-June 2006 – Director of Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, MFA.

Since July 2006 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Hungary

Since December 2008 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Slovenia (with the residence in Budapest)

Languages: Belarusian, English, French, Russian
Has one son