Oleg Slizhevsky
Oleg Slizhevsky | |
|---|---|
Slizhevsky in 2019 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 13 December 2011 – 18 October 2021 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Prime Minister | Andrei Kobyakov Syarhey Rumas Roman Golovchenko |
| Preceded by | Viktor Golovanov |
| Succeeded by | Sergei Khomenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 August 1972 |
| Education | |
Oleg Leonidovich Slizhevsky (Russian: Олег Леонидович Слижевский; born 16 August 1972) is a Belarusian politician who served as minister of justice from 2011 to 2021.[1] In 2007, he was elected member of the Central Election Commission.[2]
Early life and education
Oleg Slizhevsky was born in Grodno on 16 August 1972.[3]
In 1999, he obtained a master's degree in law from the University of Grodno. In 2005, he finished a graduate program at the Belarusian State University without defending a thesis. In 2012, he graduated from the Academy of Public Administration.[3]
Career
Slizhevsky's first work was at a radio factory in Grodno. Later, he was conscripted into the army where he served from 1990 to 1992. Slizhevsky's first position in the legal field was as a bailiff at the Grodno district court from 1996 to 1999. From there he moved to work at the Court Support Department of the Grodno Executive Committee.[4]
In 2002, Slizhevsky was promoted to the Ministry of Justice, where he mainly oversaw civil society organizations, rising to the position of the head of that department. In 2010, he was appointed as the head of the Labor Arbitration Tribunal at the ministry,[4] a job that involved the reconciliation of collective labor disputes, mainly involving people employed by the state.[5]
Slizhevsky was appointed Minister of Justice on 13 December 2011.[4]
Slizhevsky was dismissed on 18 October 2021, officially for a transfer to another job.[6] The oppositional newspaper Nasha Niva claimed that he lost his position due to the slow revocation of licenses of Belarusian lawyers.[7] Later, he was appointed as the head of the legal department for the Union State government apparatus.[8]
Personal life
Slizhevsky is married; his wife works as an adviser to the chairman of the Supreme Court of Belarus.[9]
Awards
- Medal "For Labor Merits" (Belarus, 2019)[10]
- Honorary Diploma of the Council of Ministers (Belarus, 2021)[11]
References
- ^ "Лукашенко снял с должности министра юстиции Олега Слижевского. Он пробыл на посту почти 10 лет". Nasha Niva (in Russian). 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Лидия Ермошина — вновь председатель Центризбиркома" (in Russian). European Radio for Belarus. 22 January 2007.
- ^ a b "При нем ликвидировали НГО и адвокатов массово лишали лицензий. Рассказываем об Олеге Слижевском, который 10 лет возглавлял Минюст" [Under him, NGOs were liquidated and lawyers were massively stripped of their licenses. We're telling the story of Oleg Slizhevsky, who headed the Ministry of Justice for 10 years]. zerkalo.io (in Russian). 18 October 2021. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Министры" [Ministers]. Ministry of Justice. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022.
- ^ "О Республиканском трудовом арбитраже" [About the Republican Labor Arbitration] (in Russian). Ministry of Justice. Archived from the original on 9 December 2007.
- ^ "Об О.Л.Слижевском" [About O.L.Slizhevsky]. pravo.by. President of Belarus. 18 October 2021. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021.
- ^ "Перемены в Минюсте: министром назначили силовика. За что сняли Слижевского и что будет дальше?" [Changes in the Ministry of Justice: they appointed a 'silovik' as minister. Why was Slizhevsky removed and what's next?]. Nasha Niva (in Russian). 18 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Руководство Постоянного Комитета Союзного государства" [Leadership of the Standing Committee of the Union State] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Где трудятся жены высокопоставленных белорусских чиновников" [Where do the wives of high-ranking Belarusian officials work?]. 14 March 2018. Archived from the original on 16 September 2025.
- ^ "Румас вручил госнаграды более 100 представителям различных сфер" [Rumas awarded state awards to more than 100 representatives of various fields]. BelTA (in Russian). 27 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Олег Слижевский награжден почетной грамотой Совета Министров" [Oleg Slizhevsky was awarded an honorary certificate of the Council of Ministers]. BelTA (in Russian). 19 October 2021. Archived from the original on 16 January 2025.