Natalia Petkevich

Natalia Vladimirovna Petkevich
First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus
In office 9 January 2009 – 28 December 2010
Preceded by	Anatoli Rubinov
Succeeded by	Alexander Radkov
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 June 2024
Preceded by	Maxim Ryzhenkov
Personal details
Born	1972 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Belarusian
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Alexander Martinenko
Alma mater	Belarusian State University

Natalia Vladimirovna Petkevich (Belarusian: Наталля Уладзіміраўна Пяткевіч Natallya Uladzimirawna Pyatkevich; Russian: Наталья Владимировна Петкевич Natalya Vladimirovna Petkevich; born 1972) is a Belarusian politician who served formerly as the First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus. As of June 27, 2024, she has reprised her role as First Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration.

Biography

Natalia Petkevich was born in Minsk. In 1994, she graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Belarusian State University. In 1998, she earned the degree of Doctor of Juridical Science. Joining the Administration of the President of Belarus, she came to serve as Chief for the Administration of State and International Law of the Administration of the President of Belarus. In 2001, she was appointed Press Secretary of the President of Belarus. Then, in 2004, she was appointed Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus. Natalia Petkevich has been called the "Iron Lady" of Belarus, and has been considered a potential successor to President Alexander Lukashenko. On 10 April 2006, following the 2006 presidential election in Belarus, she was placed on a list of over 40 members of the Belarusian government banned from entering the European Union and the United States for allegedly participating in the manipulation of the results of the presidential election; the ban was temporarily lifted in 2008. In 2009, she was appointed First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus. She held this position until 2010. Until 2014 she was Lukashenko’s assistant. On June 27, 2024, Petkevich again became First Deputy Head of the Administration.

Personal life

In 2009, she married Alexander Martinenko, Deputy Chairman of the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus.

Piatkevich's current husband is Valentin Rybakov, Belarus representative to the UN.

External links

• Who is who in Belarus (in Russian)
• The Successor of Lukashenko could be the "Iron Lady" of Belarus - Natalia Petkevich (in Russian)
• The Successor of Lukashenko could be the "Iron Lady" of Belarus - Natalia Petkevich (in English)