Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Belarus ,

Chief State Sanitarian of the Republic of Belarus

Valentina Ivanovna KACHAN

Date of Birth:  October 16, 1951.

Place of Birth:  town of Smolensk

Education:  higher

Educational institution and the graduation year: Minsk State Medical Institute, 1976,

Academy of Management of the President of the Republic of Belarus, 2005 

Participation in elected legislative and representative bodies

Deputy of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus 

Government awards and honorary titles: medal “For Services in Work”, decoration “Excellent Specialist in Public Health”, Diploma of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, Diploma of the Council of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member States

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

1976 - 1985 – physician-bacteriologist, physician-laboratory assistant, chief of the sanitary-hygienic laboratory, Pinsk Municipal Sanitary-Hygienic Station, Brest Region

1985 – 1988 – business trip to Algeria

1983 – 1996 – chief of the sanitary-hygienic laboratory, Pinsk Municipal Sanitary-hygienic Station, Brest Region, deputy head physician – chief of the research department, Pinsk District Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology, Brest Region

1996 –2001 – Chief State Sanitarian of the Brest Region, town of Brest

2001 –2004 – member of the Standing Commission on National Safety, member of the Standing Commission on Health Protection, Physical Training, Affairs of Family and Youth, House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the 2^nd convocation, city of Minsk

2004 – till now – member of the Standing Commission on Foreign Affairs and Relations with CIS, House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the 3^rd convocation, city of Minsk

since February 29, 2008 – Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Belarus, Chief State Sanitarian of the Republic of Belarus

Foreign languages: French