Sergei Nikolayevich Rumas (born 1 December 1969) is a

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ian politician and economist who served as

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from August 2018 to June 2020.

Biography

Rumas was born in

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, but in early 1970s his family moved to

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. He graduated from the Higher Military Financial School in

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(1990) and the Academy of Public Administration in Minsk (1995). In the early 1990s, Rumas successively served in the

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as a chief of several departments and in private banks. In 1995, he became a regional director of Belarusbank and later became the first deputy chairman of the board of this bank. In 2001, Rumas was awarded a ''

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'' degree in economics, his thesis was entitled "Ways of optimization of resource structure of commercial bank". In 2005, he headed Belagroprombank, another big state-owned bank in Belarus. In 2010, he was made a vice-premier in the new government led by his old acquaintance

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. During the financial crisis of 2011, Rumas supervised the creation of a program of structural reforms, which was criticized by the president

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and his adviser Sergey Tkachyov. Rumas advocated privatization, foreign investments, and abolition of preferential loans for state-owned companies In 2012, Alexander Lukashenko appointed him a head of Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus. Rumas was appointed prime minister by Alexander Lukashenko on August 18, 2018. The decree had a clause on the subsequent approval of Rumas's appointment in the

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, but the

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prescribes an opposite procedure. According to

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, his predecessor Andrey Kobyakov was appointed in the same way. Rumas also heads the

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and the Organising Committee of the

2019 European Games The 2nd European Games 2019 (, ''Jeŭrapiejskija huĺni 2019''; , ''Yevropeyskiye igry 2019''), also known as the 2019 European Games or Minsk 2019 (; ), were held in Minsk, Belarus, from 21 June to 30 June 2019. The games featured 200 events in ...

. On 3 June 2020, President

dismissed the Rumas government. On 16 August 2020, an Instagram account belonging to Rumas issued a message of support to anti-Lukashenko protesters and asked for those responsible for abuse against protesters to be held to account. Rumas's wife also published a photograph of herself and Rumas on the roof of a building overlooking the protests, together with a message of support. In February 2023, Rumas was blacklisted by Ukraine.

Personal life

He is married with four sons. He and his wife have known each other since childhood. He is fond of hunting, fishing, and football.

Awards

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(19 December 2014,

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) *

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(8 September 2015,

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)Румас награждён орденом «Курмет»
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