Dmitry Aleksandrovich Lukashenko or Dzmitry Alyaksandravich Lukashenka (Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Лукашенко; Belarusian: Дзмітры Аляксандравіч Лукашэнка; born 23 March 1980) is a Belarusian businessman. He is the second-oldest son of Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus.
Dmitry Lukashenko | |
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Дмитрий Лукашенко Дзмітры Лукашэнка | |
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Office | Head of the Presidential Sports Club of Belarus |
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Relatives | Viktor Lukashenko (brother) Nikolai Lukashenko (half-brother) |
Dmitry Lukashenko was born on 23 March 1980 to Galina Lukashenko and Alexander Lukashenko.
Dmitry Lukashenko graduated from the International Relations faculty of the Belarusian State University. He served in the Border Guard Service of Belarus.[citation needed]
He is the head of the Presidential Sports Club.
Dmitry Lukashenko is an honorary consul of Ethiopia in Belarus.[1]
In 2011, after the wave of repressions that followed the 2010 presidential election in Belarus, 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.[2] In the EU Council's decision,[3] Lukashenko has been described as "Businessman, with active participation in financial operations involving the Lukashenka family.” The sanctions were lifted in 2016.[4]
On 21 June 2021, Dmitry Lukashenko was again banned from entering the European Union.[5][6] Switzerland joined the sanctions on 7 July.[7]
On December 2, 2021, Dmitry Lukashenko and the Presidential Sports Club were added to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List by the United States Department of the Treasury[8] as well as to the United States Department of State's sanctions.[9] He was also added to the Canadian sanctions list.[10][11]
In 2022, Dmitry was blacklisted by Japan.[12]
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