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Former Minister of Economy Uladzimir Shymau Dies

He was 77 years old.

Photo: BelTA

Uladzimir Shymau was born on November 29, 1948, in the village of Radolaŭka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. He graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University and completed postgraduate studies at the Council for the Study of Productive Forces under the USSR State Planning Committee.

He worked at the Research Institute of Economics and Economic-Mathematical Methods of Planning under the State Planning Committee of the BSSR, Gomel Cooperative Institute, and the Research Institute of the Ministry of Economy. He is the author of over 200 scientific and methodological works.

From 1996 to 2002, he served as Minister of Economy, and from 2002 to 2019, he was the rector of BSEU (Belarusian State Economic University).

Uladzimir Shymau was also the founder and editor-in-chief (1997—2019) of the scientific-practical journal "Belarusian Economic Journal," editor-in-chief of the National Atlas of Belarus (2002) and the Geographical Atlas for Teachers (2016). He supervised 11 candidates and 7 doctors of economic sciences.

One son of the ex-minister — Usevalad — is an active author for "West Russian," pro-imperial, and Black Hundred websites. The second son — Yaroslav — heads the Russian service of the American radio "Radio Free Europe".

Comments10

  • Ох
    03.08.2026
    Пачаў палітычныя рэпрэсіі ва ўніверсітэце, калі гэта яшчэ не было мэйнстрымам.
  • Ёсік
    03.08.2026
    У Беларусі, нажаль, усе ведаюць толькі лукашэнку ды 3-4 міністры. Народзец лепш ведае расейскіх палітыкаў ды міністраў. Чаму ў Беларусі атабарыўся, чаму на радзіму не вярнуўся?
  • Вечная память
    03.08.2026
    Дети покойного далёко пошли:
    Сын Всеволод Владимирович Шимов родился 13 июля 1983 года в Гомеле.
    Кандидат политических наук, доцент кафедры политологии Белорусского государственного университета (г. Минск).

    Сотрудничает с Центром изучения политической интеграции (г. Москва), интернет-изданиями «Западная Русь», Rubaltic.ru, Фонд стратегической культуры.

    Советник Президента Российской ассоциации прибалтийских исследований (РАПИ).

    Сын Ярослав Владимирович Шимов (род. 1973) — российский историк, журналист и публицист, в 1994 году окончил факультет журналистики МГУ, РФ. В 2003 году защитил кандидатскую дисертацию в Институте славяноведения РАН. Работал в газетах «Известия», «Новые известия».

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