Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Alexander Ryhoravich LUKASHENKO

Aliases

Aleksandr Grigorievich Lukashenka; Aleksandr Grogorievich Lukashenka; Aleksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; Alexander Ryhoravich Lukashenka; Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenka; Alexander Ryhoravich Lukashenka; Aliaksandr Grigorievich Lukashenka; Aliaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; Aleksandr Grigorievich LUKASHENKO; Aleksandr Grogorievich LUKASHENKO; Aleksa...

Position

President of Belarus

Nationality

Belarus

DoB

1954-08-30

Address

Independence Palace, Prospekte Pobeditelei, Minsk, Belarus

Official reason

Alexander Lukashenko is the President of Belarus. He has held near absolute authority in his 26 years in power and maintains close control over the security apparatus of the State. This authority has remained in place since the 9 August Presidential election and he is ultimately responsible for the violence against protestors and journalists that h...

Other Information

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Date of listing

2020-09-29

Program information

Authority

UK

Program

The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020

Regime

UK horizontal

Target State

Human Rights

Measures

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans

Sanctions Portfolio

• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...

Official Information

The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 put in place sanctions measures to deter, and provide accountability for, activities which, if carried out by or on behalf of a State within the territory of that State, would amount to a serious violation by that State of an individual’s: • right to life • right not to be subjected to torture or ...

Additional Details

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.

Program URL

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/680