Roman Golovchenko
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Roman Golovchenko | |
|---|---|
| Роман Головченко Раман Галоўчэнка | |
.jpg) Golovchenko in 2021 | |
| Chairman of the National 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 the State 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 the Gulf 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 | 10 August 1973[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 the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus since 10 March 2025. He previously served as Prime 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 in Zhodzina as an only child. His father Alexander Nikolaevich Golovchenko graduated from the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute and worked as an engineer in the design bureau of Minsk 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 the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1996. He also graduated from the Academy of Public Administration in 2003.[4]
Career
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In 2013, he was made Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, and was then also responsible for representing the country in Qatar, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.[1]
In 2018, he was named as the chairman of the State Military-Industrial Committee of Belarus.[5]
He was appointed as Prime Minister by President Alexander Lukashenko two months prior to the 2020 Belarusian presidential election.[6][7] He offered his resignation amid a cabinet reshuffle on 17 August 2020, during the 2020 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 the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus.[12]
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