Ruslan Chernetsky
{{short description|Belarusian politician (born 1981)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ruslan Chernetsky
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| office = Minister of Culture
| president = Alexander Lukashenko
| primeminister = Roman Golovchenko
| term_start = 2 December 2024
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| predecessor = Anatoly Markevich
| successor =
| office1 = Member of the House of Representatives
| term_start1 = 22 March 2024
| term_end1 = 2 December 2024
| constituency1 = Yeseninsky
| party = Belaya Rus
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1 July 1981|df=yes}}
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Ruslan Iosifovich Chernetsky ({{langx|ru|Руслан Иосифович Чернецкий}}; born 1 July 1981) is a Belarusian actor and politician serving as Minister of Culture since 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.belarus.kp.ru/online/news/6117670/|title=Лукашенко назначил министром культуры актера и депутата Руслана Чернецкого|work=Komsomolskaya Pravda|date=2 December 2024|language=ru}} From March to December 2024, he was a member of the House of Representatives.{{cite web|url=https://vitbichi.by/news/obshchestvo/ministrom_kultury_belarusi_stal_ruslan_chernetskiy/|title=Министром культуры Беларуси стал Руслан Чернецкий|work=Vitbichi|date=2 December 2024|language=ru}} In 2020, he appeared in Kupała.{{cite web|url=https://ru.belsat.eu/83827163/tipichnyy-prisposoblenets-kinozhurnalist-o-novom-ministre-kulbtury|title=«Типичный приспособленец». Киножурналист – о новом министре культуры|publisher=Belsat TV|date=4 December 2024|language=ru}}
Early life and entertainment career
Chernetsky was born on 1 July 1981 in Minsk, which was then part of the Byelorussian SSR.{{cite news |title=Лукашенко назначил министром культуры актера и депутата Руслана Чернецкого |url=https://www.belarus.kp.ru/online/news/6117670/?ysclid=m9ndmbjn2h956377171 |access-date=18 April 2025 |work=KP |date=2 December 2024}} In 1996 he graduated from Secondary School No. 56, and then he attended Vocational School No. 71 where he graduated from in 1999 with the profession of auto mechanic.{{cite web |title=Management |url=https://kultura.gov.by/en/o-ministerstve/rukovodstvo/ |website=kultura.gov.by |access-date=18 April 2025}} He then did his military service in military unit 5448, and was a waiter and administrator afterwards. From 2002 to 2005, he did contract work in Thailand.
Since 2005 he has worked at the Maxim Gorky National Academic Drama Theater in Minsk.{{cite web |title=Руслан Чернецкий |url=https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/post/40092/online/?ysclid=m9ndpkqqgv52997994 |website=Кино-Театр |access-date=18 April 2025 |date=7 May 2022}} In 2010 he graduated from the theater faculty of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts with a degree in acting.{{cite web |title=Новый министр культуры Чернецкий не намерен уходить со сцены |url=https://belta.by/society/view/novyj-ministr-kultury-chernetskij-ne-nameren-uhodit-so-stseny-679630-2024/?ysclid=m9nejg23n33299777 |website=belta.by |access-date=18 April 2025 |language=ru-RU |date=2 December 2024}} He has also worked as an actor in film, such as in the movies Pravednik by Sergei Ursuliak, Vechnoe novoe, and Тайна спящей дамы (The Mystery of the Sleeping Lady). In 2020 he joined the troupe of the Youth Variety Theatre and in 2023 he became presenter of the project "Our Morning" of the television station All-National TV. In 2019 he was awarded the prestigious medal Francysk Skaryna Medal for his works in culture.{{cite web |title=Руслан Чернецкий - НАДТ им. Максима Горького |url=https://www.rustheatre.by/troupe/actors/114-actors.html?ysclid=m9nemkbbh2445212362 |website=www.rustheatre.by |access-date=18 April 2025}} In 2022, he was honoured as an "Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus".{{cite web |title=Биография Чернецкого Р.И. |url=https://belta.by/society/view/biografija-chernetskogo-ri-679605-2024/?ysclid=m9nemm2jhf891054804 |website=belta.by |access-date=18 April 2025 |language=ru-RU |date=2 December 2024}}
Political career
As a member of the Belaya Rus party he was elected as a deputy on 26 February 2024 in the House of Representatives of Belarus in the Yesenin constituency No. 99.{{cite web |title=Руслан Іосіфавіч Чарнецкі |url=https://house.gov.by/by/deputies-by/view/charnetski-ruslan-1374/ |website=house.gov.by |access-date=18 April 2025}} He also became a member of the Standing Committee on Education, Culture, and Science. On 2 December 2024 he became Minister of Culture, succeeding Anatoly Markevich.
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