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Belarusian politician

Natalia Vladimirovna Petkevich
First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus
In office
9 January 2009 – 28 December 2010
Preceded byAnatoli Rubinov
Succeeded byAlexander Radkov
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 June 2024
Preceded byMaxim Ryzhenkov
Personal details
Born1972
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityBelarusian
Political partyIndependent
SpouseAlexander Martinenko
Alma materBelarusian State University

Natalia Vladimirovna Petkevich (Belarusian: Наталля Уладзіміраўна Пяткевіч Natallya Uladzimirawna Pyatkevich; Russian: Наталья Владимировна Петкевич Natalya Vladimirovna Petkevich; born 1972) is a Belarusian politician who served formerly as the First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus. As of June 27, 2024, she has reprised her role as First Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration.

Biography

Natalia Petkevich was born in Minsk. In 1994, she graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Belarusian State University. In 1998, she earned the degree of Doctor of Juridical Science. Joining the Administration of the President of Belarus, she came to serve as Chief for the Administration of State and International Law of the Administration of the President of Belarus. In 2001, she was appointed Press Secretary of the President of Belarus. Then, in 2004, she was appointed Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus. Natalia Petkevich has been called the "Iron Lady" of Belarus, and has been considered a potential successor to President Alexander Lukashenko. On 10 April 2006, following the 2006 presidential election in Belarus, she was placed on a list of over 40 members of the Belarusian government banned from entering the European Union and the United States for allegedly participating in the manipulation of the results of the presidential election; the ban was temporarily lifted in 2008. In 2009, she was appointed First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus. She held this position until 2010. Until 2014 she was Lukashenko’s assistant. On June 27, 2024, Petkevich again became First Deputy Head of the Administration.

Personal life

In 2009, she married Alexander Martinenko, Deputy Chairman of the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus.

Piatkevich's current husband is Valentin Rybakov, Belarus representative to the UN.

References

  1. "The Successor of Lukashenko could be the "Iron Lady" of Belarus - Natalia Petkevich". newsru.com. 9 July 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  2. "The Successor of Lukashenko could be the "Iron Lady" of Belarus - Natalia Petkevich". newsru.com. 9 July 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  3. "EU lifts Belarus travel ban". Aljazeera. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  4. "Крутой назначен главой Администрации президента". Reform.by [be] (in Russian). 27 June 2024.
  5. "Who is who in Belarus". Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta. Марат. 2007–2009. Retrieved 24 July 2010.

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