Igor Sergeenko Explained

Igor Sergeenko
Office:Speaker of the House of Representatives
Term Start:22 March 2024
Predecessor:Vladimir Andreichenko
Birth Date: df=yes 14 January 1963
Native Name Lang:ru

Igor Petrovich Sergeenko (ru|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

Following the 2010 Belarusian presidential election, he was added to the sanctions list of the European Union in early 2011.[4]

After the 2020 Belarusian presidential election Sergeenko was again sanctioned, first by the Baltic states,[5] [6] and later the same year by the United Kingdom,[7] the European Union, Canada,[8] Switzerland,[9] and several EU-aligned countries.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Сергеенко избран председателем Палаты представителей. Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 22 March 2024. ru.
  2. Web site: Биография Игоря Сергеенко, экс-главы Администрации президента Беларуси, который стал председателем Палаты представителей. Komsomolskaya Pravda. 22 March 2024. ru.
  3. Web site: Сергеенко Игорь Петрович. Belarusian State University.
  4. Web site: Опубликован черный список невъездных в ЕС белорусов (дополнено). Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2011-02-02. live. ru.
  5. News: Lithuania sanctions 30 Belarusian officials including Lukashenko . BNS . . 31 August 2020.
  6. Web site: The sanctions of the Government of the Republic in view of the situation in Belarus. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia.
  7. Web site: Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK. Gov.uk.
  8. Web site: Belarus sanctions. Global Affairs Canada. 2020-11-06. 2021-09-08. en. 2021-09-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902200510/https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/11/belarus-sanctions.html. live.
  9. Web site: Belarus: Federal Council extends scope of sanctions. Federal Council of Switzerland. 2020-12-11. 2021-09-06. en. 2021-09-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902200513/https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-81590.html. live.
  10. Web site: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures against Belarus. Council of Europe. 2020-11-24. 2021-09-08. en. 2021-09-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20210903001132/https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/11/24/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-eu-on-the-alignment-of-certain-countries-concerning-restrictive-measures-against-belarus/. live.

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