Igor Sergeenko
{{Short description|Belarusian politician (born 1963)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Igor Sergeenko
| image = Ігар Пятровіч Сергеенка.png
| caption = Sergeenko in 2019
| office = Speaker of the House of Representatives
| term_start = 22 March 2024
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| predecessor = Vladimir Andreichenko
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|1|14|df=yes}}
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| native_name_lang = ru
| native_name = {{nobold|Игорь Сергеенко}}
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Igor Petrovich Sergeenko ({{langx|ru|Игорь Петрович Сергеенко}}; born 14 January 1963) is a Belarusian politician serving as speaker of the House of Representatives since 2024.{{Cite web|script-title=ru:Сергеенко избран председателем Палаты представителей|url=https://belta.by/society/view/sergeenko-izbran-predsedatelem-palaty-predstavitelej-622960-2024/|agency=Belarusian Telegraph Agency|date=23 March 2024|language=ru}}
Sergeenko graduated from the Belarusian State University in 1984 and from the Presidential Academy of Public Administration in 2006. He worked in the KGB since 1989. Sergeenko served as first deputy chairman of the State Security Committee from 2014 to 2019, and as head of the Presidential Administration from 2019 to 2024.{{Cite news|first=Kira|last=Ivanova|script-title=ru:Биография Игоря Сергеенко, экс-главы Администрации президента Беларуси, который стал председателем Палаты представителей|url=https://www.belarus.kp.ru/online/news/5729708/|newspaper=Komsomolskaya Pravda|date=23 March 2024|language=ru}} He is a Major general.{{cite web|script-title=be:Сергеенко Игорь Петрович|url=https://bsu.by/vypuskniki/77056/|website=Belarusian State University|access-date=13 March 2025|language=be}}
International sanctions
Following the 2010 Belarusian presidential election, he was added to the sanctions list of the European Union in early 2011.{{CELEX|32012D0642|text=Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kp.ru/online/news/823644/|script-title=ru:Опубликован черный список невъездных в ЕС белорусов (дополнено)|newspaper=Komsomolskaya Pravda|date=2 February 2011|language=ru}}
After the 2020 Belarusian presidential election Sergeenko was again sanctioned, first by the Baltic states,{{cite news |title=Lithuania sanctions 30 Belarusian officials including Lukashenko |url=https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1222568/lithuania-sanctions-30-belarusian-officials-including-lukashenko |agency=Baltic News Service|publisher=Lithuanian National Radio and Television|date=31 August 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://vm.ee/en/sanctions-government-republic-view-situation-belarus|title=The sanctions of the Government of the Republic in view of the situation in Belarus|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia|date=1 November 2024|access-date=13 March 2025}} and later the same year by the United Kingdom,{{cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/933507/Belarus.pdf|title=Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|access-date=13 March 2025}} the European Union,{{CELEX|02012D0642-20210621|text=Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus}} Canada,{{cite web|title=Belarus sanctions|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/11/belarus-sanctions.html|publisher=Global Affairs Canada|date=2020-11-06|access-date=8 September 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902200510/https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2020/11/belarus-sanctions.html|archive-date=2 September 2021}} Switzerland,{{cite web|title=Belarus: Federal Council extends scope of sanctions|url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-81590.html|publisher=Federal Council of Switzerland|date=11 December 2021|access-date=6 September 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902200513/https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-81590.html|archive-date=2 September 2021}} and several EU-aligned countries.{{cite web|title=Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures against Belarus|url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/11/24/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-eu-on-the-alignment-of-certain-countries-concerning-restrictive-measures-against-belarus/|website=Council of Europe|publisher=European Parliament|date=24 November 2020|access-date=8 September 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903001132/https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/11/24/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-eu-on-the-alignment-of-certain-countries-concerning-restrictive-measures-against-belarus/|archive-date=3 September 2021}}
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Category:Speakers of the House of Representatives of Belarus
Category:21st-century Belarusian politicians
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