Galina Lukashenko

Galina Rodionovna Lukashenko (Belarusian: Галіна Радзівонаўна Лукашэнка, romanized: Halina Radzivonaŭna Łukašenka, Галіна Радыёнаўна Лукашэнка, Halina Radyjonaŭna Łukašenka, Russian: Галина Родионовна Лукашенко), née Zhelnerovich (Russian: Желнерович, Belarusian: Жаўняровіч, romanized: Žaŭniarovič) is the wife of the Belarusian President, Alexander Lukashenko and is the current First Lady of Belarus.[1]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Rodionovna and the family name is Lukashenko.

Galina Lukashenko
Галіна Лукашэнка
Галина Лукашенко
First Lady of Belarus
Assumed role
20 July 1994
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born
Galina Rodionovna Zhelnerovich

(1955-01-01) 1 January 1955
Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityBelarusian
Spouse
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(m. 1975)​
Children
Alma materMogilev State Pedagogical Institute (now Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University)

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 1 January 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 State Pedagogical Institute (now Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University).[4][5]

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 is rarely seen 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" by the Office of Foreign Assets Control as a Specially Designated National under the Magnitsky Act. She has also been sanctioned by the US Department of State.[9][10][11] On 25 March 2022, she was sanctioned by Australia.[12] Later that year, Galina was blacklisted by New Zealand[13] and Ukraine.[14]

References
  1. "Биографические Страницы". www.kommersant.ru. 8 March 2004.
  2. "На 90-м году жизни скончалась тёща Лукашенко Елена Желнерович". Политринг - Новости Беларуси.
  3. правды», Сайт «Комсомольской (8 March 2007). "Теща президента Елена ЖЕЛНЕРОВИЧ: Я своим дочкам не даю никаких советов". kp.by - Сайт «Комсомольской правды».
  4. «Биографические страницы: Первые леди», Коммерсант.ru
  5. "Интервью с Александром Лукашенко". Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
  6. "Кто живет в бывшем доме Лукашенко". The Village Беларусь. 2 November 2019.
  7. правды», Сайт «Комсомольской (1 October 2005). "Галина ЛУКАШЕНКО: Я сама приняла решение не ехать в Минск". kp.by - Сайт «Комсомольской правды».
  8. "Красавицы гарема Лукашенко: кого любит президент Белоруссии". www.mk.ru.
  9. "Treasury Sanctions Russians Connected to Gross Human Rights Violations and Corrupt Leader of Belarus". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  10. "USA places Lukashenko's wife on sanctions list". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  11. "Public Listing, Fiscal Year 2022". state.gov.
  12. "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.
  13. Nanaia Mahuta (21 November 2022). "Further sanctions on the political and economic elites of Russia and Belarus". Government of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  14. "LUKASHENKO Galina Rodionovna". National Agency for Prevention of Corruption. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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