Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Kuznetsov (; born 21 February 1947) is a

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

ian politician and diplomat. From 1992 to 1995, he was First Deputy Chairman of the

Supreme Soviet 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 ...

. In particular, during 26–28 January 1994 he was Acting Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, acting between the terms of

Stanislav Shushkevich Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich (15 December 1934 – 3 May 2022) was a Belarusian politician and scientist who served as the first head of state of independent Belarus after it seceded from the Soviet Union, serving as the first chairman ...

and

Myechyslaw Hryb Myechyslaw Ivanavich Hryb (born 25 September 1938) is a Belarusian politician who was the second head of state of Belarus from January to July 1994 and the second chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus of Belarus from 1994 to 1996. In his ...

. Later he served as the Ambassador of Belarus to China (1995–2000) and the non-residential ambassador to Mongolia (1998–2000).Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 10 марта 2000 г. №121 "Аб вызваленнi В.М.Кузняцова ад пасады Надзвычайнага i Паўнамоцнага Пасла Рэспублiкi Беларусь у Кiтайскай Народнай Рэспублiцы i Надзвычайнага i Паўнамоцнага Пасла Рэспублiкi Беларусь у Манголii па сумяшчальнiцтву"
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