Andrei Ivanets
Andrei Ivanovich Ivanets is a Belarusian politician serving as minister of education since 2022. From 2019 to 2022, he was a member of the Council of the Republic.
Early life
He was born on 17 September 1984 in Minsk. He first entered the Lyceum of the Belarusian State University after becoming interested in chemistry. During his years at the lyceum, he entered international competitions in chemistry and was awarded bronze at the International Mendeleev Olympiad and the International Chemistry Olympiad. After winning his bronze awards, he became a student at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Belarusian State University, but gradually his interest in chemistry declined until meeting professor Vladimir Vasilyevich Pankov, who made him regain interest in it. In 2006 he graduated from BSU, and he started working at the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.When he was appointed Minister of Education he was working as chief scientific secretary of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.