Mikhail Khvostov () has served as the

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to the

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from 2003 to 2009. He was also accredited as a nonresident ambassador to

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. From 1991 to 1992, Khvostov was first secretary at the Belarusian mission to the

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, and from 1992 to 1993 was first secretary at the Belarusian embassy to the United States. He was ambassador to

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from 1997 to 2000, and was then adviser to Belarusian President

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, as well as

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and

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. Ambassador Khvostov previously served in Washington from 1992 to 1993 as first secretary at the Embassy of Belarus, as well as first secretary at the Belarus Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York (1991-92). More recently, Ambassador Khvostov served as ambassador to Canada (1997-2000) before becoming an adviser to the president of Belarus, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs (2000-03). Ambassador Khvostov also served as his nation’s deputy minister of foreign affairs (1994-97) and as director of the State Protocol Department and the Legal and Treaties Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1993-94), in addition to holding various posts within the ministry from 1982 to 1991. Additionally, Khostov is a member of the

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-based

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. Khostov is a graduate of the

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and the

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, and is a married father of two.

References

The Washington Diplomat Newspaper - Ambassador profile

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20060904053841/http://kennedy.byu.edu/events/newsrel/9Mar2004.html ''Ambassador from Belarus to give BYU lecture March 18''
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