Vladimir Makei is a married man with children. The name and details of his wife is unavailable on the internet.
Before becoming the foreign minister, Makei served as Lurkshenko’s chief of staff and earlier, had worked as presidential adviser.
He served in the ministry as secretary of several departments: Information and Humanitarian Cooperation, Analysis and Forcast, Office of the Minister, and State Protocol Service.
During the 2020 Belarusian protests, Mekai said at a meeting in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that everyone who disagrees with the state policy should leave the ministry. He also forbade the staff to participate in protest activities.