Background
Vladimir was born on 5 August in 1958 in Nekrashevichi, Grodno Region, Belarus.
Vladimir was born on 5 August in 1958 in Nekrashevichi, Grodno Region, Belarus.
In 1980 Vladimir graduated from the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages (now - Minsk State Linguistic University). From 1992 to 1993 Vladimir studied at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria.
From 1980 to 1992 Vladimir Makei was in the service in the Armed Forces of the USSR. Colonel of the reserve.
In 1993-1995 Vladimir was the third secretary of the Department of Information and Humanitarian Cooperation, the second secretary of the department for analysis and forecasting, the second secretary of the Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.
In 1995-1996 he worked as Deputy Chief of the State Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From 1996 to 1999 - a representative of Belarus to the Council of Europe, an adviser to the Embassy of Belarus in the French Republic.
From 1999 to 2000 - The head of the Department of Pan-European Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Since March 2000 he served as the assistant to the president of Belarus.
On July 15, 2008, by the decree of the President of Belarus, Vladimir Makei was appointed the head of the presidential administration.
In January 2009, he headed the public consultative council created under the presidential administration. The council included representatives of various public associations, political parties, and other socio-political organizations of Belarus.
Speaks German and English.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Makey has two sons: Vitaly Vladimirovich Makey and Artem Vladimirovich Makey.