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]
Career
Sergeenko was born on 14 January 1963 in Stolitsa, which was located in the Vitebsk Region of the Belarusian SSR in the Soviet Union.[2]
Sergeenko graduated from the Belarusian State University in 1984 and from the Presidential Academy of Public Administration in 2006. From 1984 to 1986 he served in the Soviet Army, and then he became Head of the Education and Methodological Office of the Department of History of the CPSU and Political Economy at Vitebsk State Medical Institute.[3] 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.[4] He is a Major general.[5]
In January 2010, he was appointed Head of the KGB Directorate for the Mogilev Region.[2] He continued to serve in this role until 2013, when he was transferred and appointed First Deputy Chairman of the KGB.[6] In 2019, President Alexander Lukashenko appointed him as Head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus, with Olga Chupris as his deputy head.[7] In March 2024, he was appointed Chairman of the House of Representatives in a unanimous election, succeeding Vladimir Andreichenko who had held the post for 14 years.[8] Sergeenko noted upon being elected that he would focus on issues in rural areas.[3]
International sanctions
Following the 2010 Belarusian presidential election, he was added to the sanctions list of the European Union in early 2011.[9][10]
After the 2020 Belarusian presidential election Sergeenko was again sanctioned, first by the Baltic states,[11][12] and later the same year by the United Kingdom,[13] the European Union,[14] Canada,[15] Switzerland,[16] and several EU-aligned countries.[17]
References
- ^ Сергеенко избран председателем Палаты представителей (in Russian). Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 23 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Ценит умных женщин: 5 фактов о новом главе АП Игоре Сергеенко | Новости Беларуси | euroradio.fm". Euro Radio (in Russian). 5 December 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Биография Игоря Сергеенко, экс-главы Администрации президента Беларуси, который стал председателем Палаты представителей". KP. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
- ^ Ivanova, Kira (23 March 2024). Биография Игоря Сергеенко, экс-главы Администрации президента Беларуси, который стал председателем Палаты представителей. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian).
- ^ Сергеенко Игорь Петрович. Belarusian State University (in Belarusian). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Биографию Игоря Сергеенко и Ольги Чуприс изучили наши обозреватели". News.by (in Russian). 5 December 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
- ^ "Первый зампред КГБ Беларуси Сергеенко назначен на пост главы Администрации президента". Interfax (in Russian). 5 December 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
- ^ "Игорь Сергеенко стал новым председателем Палаты представителей". AIF. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
- ^ 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). Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). 2 February 2011.
- ^ "Lithuania sanctions 30 Belarusian officials including Lukashenko". Lithuanian National Radio and Television. Baltic News Service. 31 August 2020.
- ^ "The sanctions of the Government of the Republic in view of the situation in Belarus". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK" (PDF). Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ 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 2021. 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. European Parliament. 24 November 2020. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.