Igor Sergeenko
Igor Sergeenko | |
|---|---|
Игорь Сергеенко | |
 Sergeenko in 2019 | |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 22 March 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Andreichenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1963 |
Igor Petrovich Sergeenko (Russian: Игорь Петрович Сергеенко; born 14 January 1963) is a Belarusian politician serving as speaker of the House of Representatives since 2024.[1]
Sergeenko graduated from the Belarusian State University in 1984 and from the Presidential Academy of Public Administration in 2006. He worked in the KGB since 1989. Sergeenko served as first deputy chairman of the State Security Committee from 2014 to 2019, and as head of the Presidential Administration from 2019 to 2024.[2] He is a Major general.[3]
International sanctions
[edit]Following the 2010 Belarusian presidential election, he was added to the sanctions list of the European Union in early 2011.[4][5]
After the 2020 Belarusian presidential election Sergeenko was again sanctioned, first by the Baltic states,[6][7] and later the same year by the United Kingdom,[8] the European Union,[9] Canada,[10] Switzerland,[11] and several EU-aligned countries.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Сергеенко избран председателем Палаты представителей" (in Russian). Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Биография Игоря Сергеенко, экс-главы Администрации президента Беларуси, который стал председателем Палаты представителей". Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Сергеенко Игорь Петрович". Belarusian State University.
- ^ Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus
- ^ "Опубликован черный список невъездных в ЕС белорусов (дополнено)" (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2 February 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Lithuania sanctions 30 Belarusian officials including Lukashenko". Lithuanian National Radio and Television. BNS. 31 August 2020.
- ^ "The sanctions of the Government of the Republic in view of the situation in Belarus". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia.
- ^ "Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK" (PDF). Gov.uk.
- ^ Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus
- ^ "Belarus sanctions". Global Affairs Canada. 6 November 2020. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Belarus: Federal Council extends scope of sanctions". Federal Council of Switzerland. 11 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures against Belarus". Council of Europe. 24 November 2020. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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