Alexander Radkov
{{Short description|Belarusian politician}}
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| office = Minister of Education
| term_start = 6 August 2003
| term_end = 28 December 2010
| predecessor = Petr Brigadin
| successor = Sergey Maskevich
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|7|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bychaw Raion, Soviet Union
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| party = Belaya Rus
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| office1 = Leader of Belaya Rus
| termend1 = 19 January 2018
| successor1 = Gennady Davydko
| termstart1 = 17 November 2007
| predecessor1 = Office established
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Alexander Mikhailovich Radkov ({{langx|be|Аляксандр Міхайлавіч Радзькоў}}, born 1 July 1951) is a Belarusian politician. A former Minister of Education and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, he is currently leader of the Belaya Rus party.[http://electionguide.org/election.php?ID=1949 Election Profile] IFES[https://archive.today/20121126235607/http://sharkovshchina.vitebsk-region.gov.by/en/news/republic?id=9559 Alexander Radkov: No personal success without love for one’s own country] Sharkovshchina Regional Executive Committee, 16 March 2012{{Update inline|date=January 2024|?=yes}}
Biography
Radkov attended Mogilev State Pegagoical Institute, graduating with a degree in physics and mathematics. He became vice-rector of the university, now renamed the Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University, in 1997, and rector in 2001. Since 2010 he heads Belaya Rus, a political movement that supports President Alexander Lukashenko.[http://president.gov.by/en/press99656.html October 1-10] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121127211922/http://president.gov.by/en/press99656.html |date=2012-11-27 }} President of Belarus
Sanctions from the EU and other countries
In May 2006, following the presidential elections, Alexander Radkov became subject to the travel ban and asset freeze by the European Union and the United States of America as part of the list of people and organizations sanctioned in relation to human rights violations in Belarus.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32006R0765&qid=1448875592416&from=EN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203425/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32006R0765&qid=1448875592416&from=EN |archive-date=2021-06-24 |accessdate=2020-12-25|website=|publisher=EUR-Lex|language=en}} The same sanctions were applied to him after the 2010 presidential elections.{{cite web|url=https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=61552|title=Поўны спіс 208 беларускіх чыноўнікаў, якім забаронены ўезд у ЕС|language=be|publisher=Nasha Niva|date=2011-10-11}}
In accordance with the decision of the European Council on October 15, 2012, as the first deputy head of the presidential administration, the former minister of education, he closed European Humanities University, ordered the repression of opposition students and organized students to force them to vote for the regime. Alexander Radkov, who is close to President Lukashenko as the leader of Belaya Rus, the main ideological and political organization of the regime, also played an active role in organizing the rigged elections in 2008, 2010 and 2012, as well as in the subsequent repressions against peaceful demonstrators in 2008 and 2010.[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/GA/ALL/?print=true&uri=CELEX%3A02012D0642-20150715 COUNCIL DECISION 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus]{{Cite web|title=EUR-Lex - 32012D0642 - EN - EUR-Lex|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2012/642/oj|accessdate=2020-12-25|publisher=EUR-Lex|language=en}}
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Category:Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University alumni
Category:Government ministers of Belarus
Category:Presidential Administration of Belarus
Category:Belarusian individuals subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions
Category:Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List