12 Facts About Viktor Lukashenko

Viktor Aleksandrovich Lukashenko or Viktar Alyaksandravch Lukashenka was born on 28 November 1975 and is a Belarusian politician and the eldest son of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko.

Viktor Lukashenko currently serves as the president of the Belarus Olympic Committee.

Viktor Lukashenko was born on 28 November 1975, to Galina Lukashenko, who worked at a kindergarten, and Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus since 1994.

Viktor Lukashenko graduated from the International Relations faculty of the Belarusian State University in 1998 and served his mandatory military duty at the Belarusian Border Guard Service between 1998 and 2001.

Viktor Lukashenko worked at the Foreign Ministry of Belarus and at a military exports company, Agat.

In 2005, Viktor Lukashenko became an Assistant on National Security to his father, President Alexander Lukashenko and in January 2007, he became a member of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus.

In 2021, Viktor Lukashenko was appointed President of the Belarus Olympic Committee, succeeding his father, after both were banned from attending the Olympic games.

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.

Viktor Lukashenko was banned from visiting European Union and his assets in EU were frozen.

Viktor Lukashenko was sanctioned by the United Kingdom, and Canada.

On 21 June 2021, Lilya Viktor Lukashenko was sanctioned by the European Union.

In 2022, Viktor Lukashenko was sanctioned by Australia, New Zealand and Japan.