Galina Lukashenko
Galina Lukashenko Галіна Лукашэнка Галина Лукашенко | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Belarus | |
| Assumed role 20 July 1994 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Galina Rodionovna Zhelnerovich 24 January 1955 Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Belarusian |
| Spouse | |
| Children | |
| Alma mater | Mogilev State Pedagogical Institute |
Galina Rodionovna Lukashenko (Belarusian: Галіна Радзівонаўна Лукашэнка, romanized: Halina Radzivonaŭna Łukašenka, Russian: Галина Родионовна Лукашенко), née Zhelnerovich (Belarusian: Жэлняровіч, Russian: Желнерович, romanized: Zhelnerovich) is the wife of the Belarusian President, Alexander Lukashenko and is the current First Lady of Belarus.[1]
Galina is estranged from Alexander who has had at least one extra-marital affair that produced a son, Nikolai in 2004.
Biography
She was born on New Year's Day in 1955 in the family of Rodion Georgievich Zhelnerovich (1928-1983) from Brest and Elena Fedorovna Zhelnerovich (1929-2019)[2] from Slutsk.[3] She met Alexander Lukashenko while still in high school in the village of Ryzhkovichi, and married him in 1975, upon graduation from the Mogilev Pedagogical Institute (now Mogilev State University).[4][5] At this time, she worked in a kindergarten. Since January 1998, she has been the head of the department of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee for the Improvement of the Population.
She did not move with her husband to Minsk at the beginning of his presidential career, instead living on Zemlyanichnaya Street in Shklow, where she has since lived.[6] She does not accompany her husband at public events and rarely sees with him.[7] One of the earlier moments when the couple was seen together was the year Lukashenko was elected, when he was on a state visit to Israel.[8]
Sanctions
On 15 March 2022, Galina Lukashenka was added to the US Treasury sanctions list - designated under Executive Order 13405 for "being a senior-level official who is responsible for or has engaged in public corruption related to Belarus".[9][10] On 25 March 2022, she was sanctioned by Australia.[11]
References
- ^ "Биографические Страницы". www.kommersant.ru. March 8, 2004.
- ^ "На 90-м году жизни скончалась тёща Лукашенко Елена Желнерович". Политринг - Новости Беларуси.
- ^ правды», Сайт «Комсомольской (March 8, 2007). "Теща президента Елена ЖЕЛНЕРОВИЧ: Я своим дочкам не даю никаких советов". kp.by - Сайт «Комсомольской правды».
- ^ «Биографические страницы: Первые леди», Коммерсант.ru
- ^ "Интервью с Александром Лукашенко". Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ^ "Кто живет в бывшем доме Лукашенко". The Village Беларусь. November 2, 2019.
- ^ правды», Сайт «Комсомольской (October 1, 2005). "Галина ЛУКАШЕНКО: Я сама приняла решение не ехать в Минск". kp.by - Сайт «Комсомольской правды».
- ^ "Красавицы гарема Лукашенко: кого любит президент Белоруссии". www.mk.ru.
- ^ "Treasury Sanctions Russians Connected to Gross Human Rights Violations and Corrupt Leader of Belarus". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
- ^ "USA places Lukashenko's wife on sanctions list". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
- ^ "Australia places additional sanctions on Russia and Belarus". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Media release). 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- 1955 births
- Living people
- First Ladies of Belarus
- Lukashenko family
- 20th-century Belarusian people
- 20th-century Belarusian women
- 21st-century Belarusian people
- 21st-century Belarusian women
- Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University alumni
- Belarusian individuals subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions
- Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List