Viktor Lukashenko
Viktor Aleksandrovich Lukashenko (Russian: Виктор Александрович Лукашенко, Belarusian: Віктар Лукашэнка, Viktar Lukashenka; born 28 November 1975) is a Belarusian politician and the eldest son of the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko. He has been accused of human rights violations and placed on the sanctions lists of the United States and the European Union.
Viktor Lukashenko | |
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Виктор Александрович Лукашенко | |
.jpg.webp) Viktor Lukashenko in 2020 | |
| National Security Advisor to the President of Belarus | |
| Assumed office 2005 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Member of the Security Council of Belarus | |
| Assumed office January 2007 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 November 1975 Mogilev, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Children | 4 |
| Mother | Galina Lukashenko |
| Father | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Relatives | Dmitry Lukashenko (brother) Nikolai Lukashenko (half-brother) |
Biography
Viktor Lukashenko graduated from the International Relations faculty of the Belarusian State University and served his mandatory military duty at the Belarusian Border Guard Service.[1]
He later worked at the Foreign Ministry of Belarus and at a military exports company, Agat.
Since 2005, Viktor Lukashenko is an Assistant on National Security to his father, President Alexander Lukashenko.
Since January 2007, he is a member of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus.[1]
Accusations, EU sanctions
In 2011, after the wave of repressions that followed the 2010 presidential election in Belarus, Lukashenko became subject to an EU travel ban and asset freeze as part of a sanctions list of 208 individuals responsible for political repressions, electoral fraud and propaganda.[2] The sanctions were lifted in 2016.
According to the EU Council's decision,[3] Lukashenko "has played a key role in the repressive measures implemented against the democratic opposition and civil society. As a key member of the State Security Council, he was responsible for the coordination of repressive measures against the democratic opposition and civil society, in particular in the crackdown of the demonstration on 19 December 2010."
Besides that, Lukashenko remains one of the few people on the sanctions list of the United States.[4] His wife also connectet with offshore companies in Cyprus. .[5]
References
- "Виктор Лукашенко". TUT.by. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- Поўны спіс 208 беларускіх чыноўнікаў, якім забаронены ўезд у ЕС - Nasha Niva, 11 October 2011.
- Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus
- "OFAC Sanctions List Search". Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- "What do Lukashenka's daughter-in-law and Cyprus have in common?". Retrieved 16 January 2021.
See also