Alexander Mikhailovich Gerasimenko (15 January 1946 – 2 August 2017) was a Belarusian politician and

diplomat A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one ...

. He served as the mayor of

Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...

, the nation's capital, from 1991 until 1995. (The office of mayor is also known as the Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee). He was also a member of the

Supreme Council of Belarus The Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus () was the unicameral legislature of Belarus between 1991 and 1996. It was essentially a continuation of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR of 1938–1991 immediately after the Soviet Uni ...

until 1995. Gerasimenko was later appointed chairman of the Council of the Elders. Additionally, Gerasimenko served as the Ambassador of Belarus to

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

and

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

(1995–2000), as well as

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

. On 4 September 1994 Gerasimenko held a joint opening ceremony for the Minsk International Educational Centre (IBB Minsk) together with Herbert Schnoor, the State-Minister of

Northern Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

. Gerasimenko joined the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...

in 1995 after completed his term as

Mayor of Minsk The Mayor of Minsk, officially the Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee is the chief executive of the city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The mayor of Minsk is appointed by the President of Belarus, and has existed in its current f ...

. He served as the concurrent Ambassador of Belarus to both Bulgaria and Greece from 1995 to 2000, after which he also served as the Deputy Foreign Minister from 11 September 2000. He was later appointed Ambassador to Latvia, a post he held from 13 April 2006 until 10 October 2013. Gerasimenko was born on 15 January 1946. He died on 2 August 2017, at the age of 71. His funeral was held at the House of Writers in Minsk on 3 August.

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1946 births 2017 deaths Mayors of Minsk Diplomats from Minsk Ambassadors of Belarus to Bulgaria Ambassadors of Belarus to Greece Ambassadors of Belarus to Latvia Members of the Supreme Council of Belarus {{Belarus-politician-stub