Anatol Kalinin

Anatoĺ Mikalajevič Kalinin (, ; born 21 June 1959 in Krasnapolle, Mogilev Region) is a Belarusian politician and diplomat who served as the deputy prime minister in the government of president Aleksandr Lukashenko and Belarusian ambassador to the Republic of Moldova.

Career Kalinin began his career as a driver at the consumer union of Krasnapolle between 1976 and 1977. From 1977 to 1979 he served in the Soviet Army before leaving to join agricultural machines enterprise of Krasnapolle where he worked as chief engineer from 1983 to 1988. He was director of Krasnapolle district association of housing and communal services between 1988 and 1990. in the government of president Aleksandr Lukashenko.

He was removed from the position of Deputy Prime Minister and appointed Belarusian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Moldova and presented his letters of credence to Moldovan prime minister Natalia Gavrilița on 18 February 2022.