Minister of Health of the Republic of Belarus

Vasily Ivanovich Zharko

since May 6, 2006 (Decree ¹ 290, 05.05.2006 of the President of the Republic of Belarus)

Date of birth: May 27, 1956

Place of birth: village of Lesniki, Drogichin district, Brest region

Education: higher

Educational institution and the graduation year: Minsk State Medical Institute , 1984

Government awards and honorary titles: Medal «60 years after liberation from the fascist invaders»

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1971 – 1975 – pupil, Medical School

1975 – 1977 – military service in the Soviet Army

1977 – 1977 – sanitarian’s assistant, Ivatsevichi District Sanitary Epidemiological Station

1977 – 1984 – student, Minsk State Medical Institute

1984 – 1985 – physician-p ediatrician, Brest Regional Children’s Hospital

1985 – 1991 – chief of the Department, Drogichin District Hospital

1991 – 2002 – physician -inspector, deputy chief, Health Care Board of the Brest Regional Executive Committee

2002 – 2003 – deputy head physician , Brest Regional Children's Hospital

2003 – 2003 – d irector of sanatorium " Krinitsa ", village of Zhdanovichi

2003 – 2005 – Director General of UE «Belprofsouzkurort»

2005 – 2006 – acting Secretary General of the Belarusian Red Cross

2006 – till now - Minister of Health of the Republic of Belarus

Foreign languages: German

Married , has a daughter.