CURRICULUM VITAE
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
Married with one son
Former Ambassadors
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