Roman Alexandrovich Golovchenko (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 The prime minister of the Republic of Belarus (; ) is the head of government of Belarus. Until 1991, it was known as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic as the head of the government of the cons ...

from June 2020 to March 2025. Prior to his premiership, he was a diplomat and worked in the country's general prosecution.

Early life

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. 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. He graduated from the

Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (, also known as MGIMO University) is an higher education, institute of higher education located in Moscow, Russia. The institute is run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia), Russian ...

in 1996. He also graduated from the Academy of Public Administration in 2003.

Career

In 2013, he was made Ambassador to the

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, and was then also responsible for representing the country in

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, and

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. He was appointed to his current position by President

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making hi ...

two months prior to the

2020 Belarusian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Belarus on Sunday, 9 August 2020. Early voting began on 4 August and ran until 8 August. Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko was announced by the Central Election Commission of Belarus, Central Election Commissi ...

. Prior to his appointment, he served as the chairman of the State Military-Industrial Committee. He offered his resignation amid a cabinet reshuffle on 17 August 2020, during the 2020 Belarusian protests. However, he was retained as Prime Minister of the new government. In June 2022, Golovchenko was blacklisted by Canada. 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.

Awards

* Medal "100 years of the formation of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic" (2021,

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)

Personal life

He has a son from his first marriage and two daughters from his current marriage. His son Georgy Yatskovsky, is a student of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. He is fluent in English,

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and Polish.

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