Presidential Administration of Belarus

State administrative body of Belarus

Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus
Agency overview
Адміністрацыя Прэзыдэнта Рэспублікі Беларусь
The office of the Presidential Administration of Belarus in Minsk
Formed	22 July 1994
Headquarters	Belarus, Minsk, 43 Kirova Street
Agency executive	Dmitry Krutoi, Administration Head
Website	president.gov.by

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The Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus (Russian: Администрация Президента Республики Беларусь, Belarusian: Адміністрацыя Прэзыдэнта Рэспублікі Беларусь) is a state administration body of Belarus that supervises the implementation of the resolutions of the President.

Functions

The Presidential Administration has been created following a constitutional reform and the first presidential election in Belarus held in 1994. Alexander Lukashenko has been occupying the post as President of Belarus ever since. He has been accused of installing an authoritarian regime in Belarus. No other presidential elections in the country have been considered free and fair by the United States and the European Union.

The Administration of the President plays a key role in the Belarusian authoritarian system of state governance. The administration organizes the interaction between the President and legislative, executive and judicial bodies, local authorities, and mass media; provides analytical support to the President of Belarus. It drafts presidential decisions and legislation that is subsequently formally approved by the Parliament of Belarus.

Current leadership

Dmitry Krutoi, Head of the Presidential Administration
Natalia Petkevich, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Olga Chupris, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Aleksandr Yegorov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Vladimir Pertsov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration

Accusations

Given the strategic importance of the Presidential Administration in the Belarusian system of power, senior officials of the administration of President Lukashenko have been accused by the United States and the European Union of orchestrating state propaganda that has been justifying political repressions and electoral fraud.

After the presidential elections of 2006, 2010 and 2020 top officials from the Presidential Administration have been included in EU and US sanctions lists and thereby made subject to travel bans and asset freeze.

Officials of the Presidential Administration sanctioned by the US and EU

United States sanctions list

Natalia Petkevich, First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus in 2004–2010
Alexander Radkov, Former Minister of Education, then leader of the Belaya Rus movement and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Vladimir Rusakevich, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration

EU sanctions list following the 2006 Belarusian presidential election

Gennady Nevyglas, Head of the Presidential Administration
Natalia Petkevich, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Anatoly Rubinov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration in charge of media and ideology
Oleg Proleskovsky, Head of the Main Ideological department at the Presidential Administration

EU sanctions list following the 2010 Belarusian presidential election

Vsevolod Yanchevsky, Head of the Ideological Department of the Presidential Administration and Assistant to the President
Oleg Proleskovsky, former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, former Head of General Directorate for Ideology and Centre of Analysis and Information
Anatoly Rubinov, former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration in charge of Media and Ideology (in 2006–2008)
Alexander Bazanov, Director of the Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration
Pavel Yakubovich, Editor-in-Chief of Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya, the official newspaper of the Presidential Administration
Vadim Gigin, Editor-in-Chief of Belaruskaya Dumka, a monthly journal of the Presidential Administration
Alexei Gusev, former First Deputy Director of the Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration
Alena Kolas, Deputy Director of the Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration
Lev Krishtapovich, Deputy Director of the Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration

Remaining EU sanctions list after 2016

Victor Sheiman, Head of the Management Department of the Presidential Administration. Accused of being responsible for the unresolved disappearances of opposition leaders Yury Zakharenko, Victor Gonchar, opposition sponsor Anatoly Krasovsky, and journalist Dmitry Zavadsky in 1999–2000. Also included in EU's previous lists.
Yury Sivakov, former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. Accused of having orchestrated the unresolved disappearances of Yury Zakharenko, Victor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovsky and Dmitry Zavadsky in 1999–2000. Also included in EU's previous lists.

Sanctions after the 2020 presidential election

Igor Sergeenko, Head of the Presidential Administration (2019–2024), EU sanctions
Maxim Ryzhenkov, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration (2016–2024), EU sanctions
Andrei Kuntsevich, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration (2019–2021), Baltic states sanctions
Olga Chupris, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Baltic states sanctions
Dmitry Krutoi, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration (2020–2022), Head of the Presidential Administration since 2024, Baltic states sanctions
Igor Lutski, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration (2021—2024), EU sanctions
Natalia Petkevich, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration since 2024, US sanctions since 2006
Valery Ivanov, Head of the Management Department of the Presidential Administration (2021–2022), Canadian sanctions
Viktor Sheiman, Head of the Management Department of the Presidential Administration (2013–2021), EU and US sanctions since 2000s
Alexander Radkov, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration (2010–2014), US sanctions since 2006

Former staff

Ural Latypov, Bashkortostan-born KGB officer, later foreign minister of Belarus, head of the Presidential Administration in 2001-2004

References

"Поздравление коллективу и ветеранам Администрации Президента Республики Беларусь | Официальный интернет-портал Президента Республики Беларусь".
^ Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus - Official Website
OFAC Sanctions List Search, US Department of the Treasury official website
"L_2006134EN.01000101.xml". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
"EUR-Lex - 32012D0642 - EN". EUR-Lex. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
"COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2016/280 of 25 February 2016 amending Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus". EUR-Lex. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

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