Aleh Chakunkov Explained

Aleh Chakunkov
Native Name:Алег Чакункоў
Native Name Lang:be
Native Name1:Олег Чекунков
Native Name Lang1:ru
Office:Ambassador of Belarus to Vietnam
Successor:Alyaksandr Kucalaj
Term Start:4 February 1998
Term End:14 September 2001
Office1:Ambassador of Belarus to Thailand (part-time)
Term Start1:6 October 1999
Term End1:14 September 2001
Office2:Ambassador of Belarus to Laos (part-time)
Term Start2:6 October 1999
Term End2:14 September 2001
Office3:Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations
Term Start3:14 July 1997
Term End3:4 February 1998
Birth Name:Aleh Fyodaravich Chakunkov
Birth Date:28 July 1958[1]
Birth Place:Potsdam, East Germany[2]

Aleh Fyodaravich Chakunkov (Belarusian: Алег Фёдаравіч Чакункоў; Russian: Олег Фёдорович Чекунков), is a Belarusian diplomat who had served as an ambassador to Vietnam from 1998 to 2001.[3]

Biography

Aleh Chakunkov was born in Potsdam, East Germany on 28 July 1958.[4]

In 1980 he graduated from the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages.

In 1980 to 1983, he served in the Soviet army.[5] Then, from 1983 to 1984, he worked as an engineer of the main postal department of the Ministry of Communications of the BSSR, from 1984 to 1988 he was the head of the international section of the Minsk Post Office.[6]

In 1991, he graduated from the All-Union Academy of Foreign Trade in Moscow.

He became a chief specialist of the State Committee for External Economic Relations of Belarus from 1991 to 1993.[7]

On 14 July 1994, he was appointed the trade representative of the Belarus in Vietnam.[8]

He then became the Head of the Regional Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of Belarus in 1996.[9]

On 14 July 1997, Chakunkov was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of the Belarus.[10]

On 4 February 1998, Chakunkov was appointed Ambassador of Belarus to Vietnam.[11]

On 6 October 1999, he became an additional ambassador to Laos and Thailand on a part-time basis.[12]

He was dismissed from all these positions on 14 September 2001.[13]

Family

He is married.[14]

He has two sons,[15] including, Aleksey, who is the Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic.[16]

He speaks English, French and German.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Посол в 1998 — 2001 гг. - Посольство Республики Беларусь в Социалистической Республике Вьетнам . 2024-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231219182741/https://vietnam.mfa.gov.by/ru/embassy/ambassador/formers/cvs/c478f3432d4b0b50.html . 2023-12-19 .
  2. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Посол в 1998 — 2001 гг. - Посольство Республики Беларусь в Социалистической Республике Вьетнам . 2024-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231219182741/https://vietnam.mfa.gov.by/ru/embassy/ambassador/formers/cvs/c478f3432d4b0b50.html . 2023-12-19 .
  3. News: Гималова . Регина (Gimalova, Regina) . АЛМАЗЫ, ЛОББИЗМ И ИНВЕСТИЦИИ В ЧУДО-МАШИНУ. ПОРТРЕТ РОССИЙСКОГО МИНИСТРА АЛЕКСЕЯ ЧЕКУНКОВА (проект "Арктида"): Как министр по развитию Дальнего Востока и Арктики скрыл конфликт интересов, налаживая международное сотрудничество . DIAMONDS, LOBBYING AND INVESTMENT IN A MIRACLE MACHINE. PORTRAIT OF RUSSIAN MINISTER ALEXEI CHEKUNKOV (Arktika project): How the Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic hid a conflict of interest, establishing international cooperation . ru . «Вёрстка» (verstka.media) . 15 September 2023 . 3 October 2023 . 3 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231003182157/https://verstka.media/portret-rossiyskogo-ministra-alexeya-chekunkova-almazy-lobbizm-i-investicii-v-chudo-mashinu. Alternate archive. Since 3 December 2021, Regina Emilevna Gimalova (Russian: Регина Эмилевна Гималова) is on Russia's list of foreign agents because of her support of "Idel.Realii" (Russian: «Idel.Реалии») (idelreal.org).
  4. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Посол в 1998 — 2001 гг. - Посольство Республики Беларусь в Социалистической Республике Вьетнам . 2024-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231219182741/https://vietnam.mfa.gov.by/ru/embassy/ambassador/formers/cvs/c478f3432d4b0b50.html . 2023-12-19 .
  5. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Посол в 1998 — 2001 гг. - Посольство Республики Беларусь в Социалистической Республике Вьетнам . 2024-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231219182741/https://vietnam.mfa.gov.by/ru/embassy/ambassador/formers/cvs/c478f3432d4b0b50.html . 2023-12-19 .
  6. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Посол в 1998 — 2001 гг. - Посольство Республики Беларусь в Социалистической Республике Вьетнам . 2024-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231219182741/https://vietnam.mfa.gov.by/ru/embassy/ambassador/formers/cvs/c478f3432d4b0b50.html . 2023-12-19 .
  7. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Посол в 1998 — 2001 гг. - Посольство Республики Беларусь в Социалистической Республике Вьетнам . 2024-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231219182741/https://vietnam.mfa.gov.by/ru/embassy/ambassador/formers/cvs/c478f3432d4b0b50.html . 2023-12-19 .
  8. Web site: 2012-06-07 . Постановление Совета Министров Республики Беларусь от 14 июля 1994 г. № 536 «О назначении О. Ф. Чекункова Торговым представителем Республики Беларусь в Социалистической Республике Вьетнам». 2022-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120607122159/http://old.bankzakonov.com/d2008/time81/lav81435.htm. 2012-06-07.
  9. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Посол в 1998 — 2001 гг. - Посольство Республики Беларусь в Социалистической Республике Вьетнам . 2024-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231219182741/https://vietnam.mfa.gov.by/ru/embassy/ambassador/formers/cvs/c478f3432d4b0b50.html . 2023-12-19 .
  10. Web site: 2012-05-24 . Постановление Совета Министров Республики Беларусь от 14 июля 1997 г. № 883 «О назначении О. Ф. Чекункова заместителем Министра внешних экономических связей Республики Беларусь». 2022-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120524035049/http://old.bankzakonov.com/d2008/time71/lav71352.htm . 2012-05-24 .
  11. Web site: О назначении О.Ф.Чекункова Чрезвычайным и Полномочным Послом Республики . 2022-08-29 . pravo.levonevsky.org.
  12. Web site: О назначении О.Ф.Чекункова Чрезвычайным и Полномочным Послом Республики Беларусь в Лаосской Народно-Демократической Республике и Королевстве Таиланд . 2022-08-29 . pravo.levonevsky.org.
  13. Web site: 2014-09-16 . Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 14 сентября 2001 г. № 500 «Об освобождении О. Ф. Чекункова от должности Чрезвычайного и Полномочного Посла Республики Беларусь в Социалистической Республике Вьетнам и Чрезвычайного и Полномочного Посла Республики Беларусь в Лаосской Народно-Демократической Республике и Королевстве Таиланд по совместительству». 2022-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140916103426/http://old.bankzakonov.com/d2008/time48/lav48562.htm . 2014-09-16 .
  14. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Посол в 1998 — 2001 гг. - Посольство Республики Беларусь в Социалистической Республике Вьетнам . 2024-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231219182741/https://vietnam.mfa.gov.by/ru/embassy/ambassador/formers/cvs/c478f3432d4b0b50.html . 2023-12-19 .
  15. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Посол в 1998 — 2001 гг. - Посольство Республики Беларусь в Социалистической Республике Вьетнам . 2024-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231219182741/https://vietnam.mfa.gov.by/ru/embassy/ambassador/formers/cvs/c478f3432d4b0b50.html . 2023-12-19 .
  16. Web site: Посол в 1998 — 2001 гг. - Посольство Республики Беларусь в Социалистической Республике Вьетнам . 2024-01-17 . vietnam.mfa.gov.by.
  17. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Посол в 1998 — 2001 гг. - Посольство Республики Беларусь в Социалистической Республике Вьетнам . 2024-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231219182741/https://vietnam.mfa.gov.by/ru/embassy/ambassador/formers/cvs/c478f3432d4b0b50.html . 2023-12-19 .