ABOUT VALERY TSEPKALO
Biography
CO-AUTHOR OF THE STRATEGY FOR OVERCOMING THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
More than 50 experts, analysts, civil servants, politicians, consultants, representatives of civil society from different countries took part in the development of a strategy to overcome the political crisis in Belarus. The best world practices and accumulated errors were taken into account. Following the discussions, the working group presented a plan for organising a referendum and elections to the National Council.
Founder of the initiative Tribunal.LIVE
Initiator of the initiative to collect evidence of the crime of the Lukashenka regime and raise funds for the organization of his arrest
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Headliner of the elections in Belarus in 2020
Valery Tsepkalo team in 2020 collected 230 thousand signatures of citizens for his nomination as a candidate for the presidency of the Republic of Belarus with the necessary 100 thousand. This was the second result in the history of election campaigns in Belarus.
The creator of the Hi-Tech Park in Belarus
One of the main achievements of Valery Tsepkalo is the creation of the High-Tech Park. During the period of his leadership from 2005 to 2017, a significant software development industry was created in Belarus from scratch.
For 12 years of work in the Park, the number of residents of the park reached 237, many well-known companies were residents of HTP, including Wargaming.net , Maps.me , Viber.
diplomatic worker
Ambassador
From 1997 to 2002 he was the Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to the United States and Mexico
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First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
From 1994 to 1997, he worked as the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
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Foreign Policy Advisor
In 1993-1994 he was an adviser on foreign policy issues to the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus Stanislau Shushkevich
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Сareer as a diplomat
He began his career as a diplomat in 1991 as an employee of the USSR Embassy in Finland. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he returned to Minsk, where in 1992 he took up a diplomatic position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
Higher education
Candidate of Legal Sciences
In 1986, he entered the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, from which he graduated with honors. He completed postgraduate studies and received a Candidate of Legal Sciences.
Military service
From 1984 to 1986, he served in the Strategic Missile Forces.
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Born
Valery Vilyamovich Tsepkalo was born on February 22, 1965 in the city of Grodno, in a family of chemical engineers.