Andrej Ivaniec

Andrei Ivanovich Ivanets (; born 17 September 1984) 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. 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.

Personal life Ivanets is married and has 4 children. He met his wife Kristina, a lawyer who is on the Central Committee of the Belarusian Republican Youth Union, at the contest "100 Ideas for Belarus", which she organized. He has also been active in sports, being awarded the title of Master of Sports of International Class in 2010 and in 2012 at the Classic Powerlifting World Cup setting a word record in the deadlift in the open age category at 340 kg.