Pyotr Prakapovich

{{short description|Belarusian construction engineer and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Prokopovi.jpg

| caption = Prakapovich in 2011

| office = Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus

| term_start = 1998

| term_end = 2011

| birth_date = 3 November 1942

}}

Pyotar Piatrovich Prakapovich ({{langx|be|Пётaр Пятровіч Пракаповіч|Piotar Piatrovič Prakapovič}} {{langx|ru|Пётр Петрoвич Прокопoвич|Pjotr Petrovič Prokopovič}}; born 3 November 1942{{cite web |title=Петр Прокопович {{!}} НОВОСТИ {{!}} TUT.BY |url=https://news.tut.by/tag/ex777-petr-prokopovich.html?crnd=57034 |website=tut.by |date=24 May 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524082441/https://news.tut.by/tag/ex777-petr-prokopovich.html?crnd=57034 | archive-date=2018-05-24 }}) is a Belarusian construction engineer, politician, statesman and central banker. He was the chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus from 1998 to 2011.{{cite news |title=Belarus Central Bank Chief Dismissed |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus_central_bank_chief_sacked/24269442.html |website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |language=en}}{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20140223174757/http://belarusprofile.com/be/profile/prakapovich-pyotr-pyatrovich/ Пракаповіч Пётр Пятровіч]}} He is a recipient of a number of state awards, including the title of honor Hero of Belarus (2006).Указ № 135 ад 1 сакавіка 2006 г — Аб прысваенні М. С. Высоцкаму, П. П. Пракаповічу, В. А. Равяку і М. А. Савіцкаму звання «Герой Беларусі»