Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (politician)

Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Kuznetsov (Belarusian: Вячаслаў Мікалаевіч Кузьняцоў, romanized: Viačaslaŭ Mikalajevič Kuźniacoŭ; born 21 February 1947) is a Belarusian politician and diplomat. From 1992 to 1995, he was First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus.^[1][2] In particular, during 26–28 January 1994 he was Acting Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, acting between the terms of Stanislav Shushkevich and Myechyslaw Hryb. Later he served as the Ambassador of Belarus to China (1995–2000) and the non-residential ambassador to Mongolia (1998–2000).^[3][4][5]