Viktor Lukashenko
| Viktor Lukashenko | |
|---|---|
| Виктор Александрович Лукашенко | |
 Viktor Lukashenko in 2012 | |
| National Security Advisor to the President of Belarus | |
|
Assumed office 2005 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Member of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus | |
|
Assumed office 2007 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 28, 1975 (Age 41) Mogilev, BSSR Soviet Union |
| Children | 4[1] |
| Mother | Galina Lukashenko |
| Father | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Relatives |
Dmitry Lukashenko Nikolay Lukashenko |
Viktor Lukashenko (Russian: Виктор Александрович Лукашенко, Belarusian: Віктар Лукашэнка, Viktar Lukashenka, born November 28, 1975) is a Belarusian politician and the elder son of the country's authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko. He has been accused of human rights violation and placed on the sanctions lists of the United States and the European Union.
Biography
Viktor Lukashenko has graduated from the International Relations faculty of the Belarusian State University and served his mandatory military duty at the Belarusian Border Guard Service.[2]
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.[2]
Accusations, EU sanctions
In 2011, after the wave of repressions that followed the 2010 presidential election in Belarus, Viktor 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.[3] The sanctions were lifted in 2016.
According to the EU Council's decision,[4] Viktor 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, Viktor Lukashenko remains one of the few people on the sanctions list of the United States.[5]
References
- ↑ "Фотофакт: Николай Лукашенко перерос старших братьев". Sputnik.by. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- 1 2 "Виктор Лукашенко". TUT.by. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ Поўны спіс 208 беларускіх чыноўнікаў, якім забаронены ўезд у ЕС - Nasha Niva, 11.10.2011
- ↑ Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus
- ↑ "OFAC Sanctions List Search". Retrieved 8 April 2018.
See also