Viktor Aleksandrovich Lukashenko; or Viktar Alaksandravič Łukašenka; (born 28 November 1975) is a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian politician and the eldest son of the Belarusian president

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian language, Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian language, Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лука� ...

. He is the current President of the

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, and formerly served as the

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to his father, the

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, who is often considered the last dictator in Europe.

Early life and education

Viktor Lukashenko was born on 28 November 1975, to

Galina Lukashenko Galina Rodionovna Lukashenko ( be, Галіна Радзівонаўна Лукашэнка, Halina Radzivonaŭna Łukašenka, russian: Галина Родионовна Лукашенко), née Zhelnerovich ( be, Жэлняровіч, russian: ...

, who worked at a kindergarten, and

since 1994. Viktor Lukashenko graduated from the International Relations faculty of the

Belarusian State University Belarusian State University (BSU) ( be, links=no, Белару́скі дзяржа́ўны ўніверсітэ́т, ; russian: links=no, Белору́сский госуда́рственный университе́т) is a university in Mins ...

in 1998 and served his mandatory military duty at the Belarusian Border Guard Service between 1998-2001.

Career

He worked at the Foreign Ministry of Belarus and at a military exports company, Agat. In 2005, Viktor Lukashenko became an Assistant on National Security to his father, President Alexander Lukashenko and in January 2007, he became a member of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus. Viktor has been linked to Belarusian businessman , who previously worked as Viktor's aide. Zaytsev was the chairman of the council of Bremino Group which created a special economic zone in

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in 2018. In 2021, Viktor Lukashenko was appointed President of the

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, succeeding his father, after both were banned from attending the Olympic games. Viktor Lukashenko was also relieved of his post as the Aide to the President for National Security on 1 March.

Accusations and 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. The EU sanctions were lifted in 2016. According to the EU Council's decision, 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. On 6 November 2020, the

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included Viktor Lukashenko in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006. He was banned from visiting European Union and his assets in EU were frozen. Viktor Lukashenko was also sanctioned by the

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, and

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. On 24 November,

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and

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aligned themselves with the November EU sanctions against 15 Belarusian individuals, while

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did the same on 11 December. Viktor's wife, Lilya Lukashenko, runs an art gallery, Art Chaos Gallery in Dana Mall, a shopping center in the north of Minsk. Dana Mall is owned by a large construction company, Dana Astra which in turn is said to be owned by

Bogoljub Karić Bogoljub Karić ( sr-Cyrl, Богољуб Карић, ; born 17 January 1954) is a Serbian businessman and politician. Early life and education Bogoljub was born to Janićije Karić and Danica Kuzmanović. He earned a degree in Geography at the ...

and Nebojša Karić, members of the Serbian Karić family. Lilya Lukashenko was listed as a deputy director for Dana Astra 2016-2017. Dana Astra's parent company, Dana Holdings, is the main contractor for one of the biggest development projects in Minsk, called "Minsk-Mir". On 21 June 2021, Lilya Lukashenko was sanctioned by the European Union. In December 2020 the Executive Board of the

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(IOC) decided to exclude until further notice all members of the Belarusian Olympic Committee from all IOC events. On 25 March 2022, Lukashenko was sanctioned by Australia.

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External links

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National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus - Viktor Lukashenko
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