Maxim Vladimirovich Ryzhenkov (; born 19 June 1972) is a Belarusian politician serving as

minister 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 foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...

since 2024.

Buiography

Ryzhenkov graduated from the

Belarusian State University The Belarusian State University (BSU) (, ; ) is a university in Minsk, Belarus. It was founded on October 30, 1921. The university was ranked 387th in the world in the 2023 QS World University Rankings. History 1919–1949 On February 25, 1919, ...

in 1994 and from the Presidential Academy of Public Administration in 2003. From 2016 to 2024, he served as first deputy head of the presidential administration. He is also the president of the

Belarusian Basketball Federation Belarusian Basketball Federation (), also known as BBF, is a national governing body of basketball in Belarus. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA suspended Belarus from participating in basketball and 3x3 basketball competitions. FI ...

International sanctions

Following 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 ...

, Ryzhenkov was added to the various sanctions lists, first by the Baltic states in late August 2020, then by the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Canada in June 2021, and shortly thereafter by Switzerland, and several EU-aligned countries.

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