Nikolai Lukashenko

There has been no official commentary regarding the identity of Nikolai's mother. However, according to a widespread version, his mother is {{ill|Irina Abelskaya|pl|Iryna Abielska|ru|Абельская, Ирина Степановна}}, a former personal physician of Alexander Lukashenko.{{Cite web|last=Quinn|first=Rob|title=Europe's 'last dictator' Lukashenko has 'Mini Me' in young son|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/10/12/europes-last-dictator-lukashenko-has-mini-me-young-son/73813498/|access-date=25 September 2020|website=USA Today|language=en-US}} Alexander Lukashenko remains formally married to his wife Galina Lukashenko, although the couple have not lived together or been seen together for the past three decades.{{Cite news|last=Parfitt|first=Tom|date=5 April 2009|title=Belarus squirms as son accompanies dictator to meetings|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/06/belarus-nikolai-lukashenko|access-date=25 September 2020|issn=0261-3077}}

Nikolai has two half-brothers on his father Alexander's side and one (presumed) half-brother on his mother's side, Dmitry Evgen'evich Abelskiy. In a 2016 interview, Irina seemed to implicitly refer to Nikolai when asked whether she would like her "youngest son" to become a doctor as she comes from a family of doctors, her reply was that she would like him to "get a good education, choose an interesting profession, love his job, enjoy it and bring benefit and joy to others."{{cite web| url = https://news.tut.by/society/500773.html| title = Главврач лечкомиссии Ирина Абельская: Горжусь тем, что по работе общаюсь с выдающимися людьми| date = 17 June 2016| language = ru| work = Tut.By| access-date = 26 February 2021| archive-date = 22 September 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170922085929/https://news.tut.by/society/500773.html| url-status = dead}}

In 2011, Nikolai Lukashenko entered Ostroshitsko-Gorodok Secondary School. In 2020, he entered Belarusian State University Lyceum.[https://news.tut.by/society/687192.html Николай Лукашенко поступил в Лицей БГУ. Здесь также будет учиться внучка президента Беларуси] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702001712/https://news.tut.by/society/687192.html |date=2 July 2020 }}, Tut.By, 30 June 2020. Later in August 2020, Nikolai Lukashenko was reported to have withdrawn from the Lyceum.{{Cite web|date=31 August 2020|title=Источник: Николай Лукашенко не будет учиться в Лицее БГУ, он забрал документы|url=https://news.tut.by/society/698694.html|access-date=2 September 2020|website=Tut.By|language=ru|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128233537/https://news.tut.by/society/698694.html|url-status=dead}} According to the Belarusian Investigative Center, he graduated from a private gymnasium in the Drazdy district of Minsk, which was operated by the company founded by Irina Abelskaya.{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/ru/elitnaa-skola-dla-semi-lukasenko-cto-o-nej-uznali-rassledovateli/a-62974798|title=Элитная школа для семьи Лукашенко. Что о ней известно|work=Deutsche Welle|date=2022-08-30|first=Ольга|last=Стефанович|language=ru}} Alexander later said in June 2023 that Nikolai was studying at Peking University.{{Cite news |date=14 June 2023 |title=Лукашенко отправил сына учиться в Пекинский университет |work=The Moscow Times |url=https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2023/06/14/lukashenko-otpravil-sina-uchitsya-vpekinskii-universitet-a46028 |access-date=28 June 2023 |language=ru}}

In August 2024, Nikolai Lukashenko was added to the sanctions list of Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/08/backgrounder--sanctions-on-fourth-anniversary-of-fraudulent-presidential-elections-in-belarus.html|title=Backgrounder – Sanctions on fourth anniversary of fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus|work=Global Affairs Canada|date=August 9, 2024}}

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Lukashenko appeared in public for the first time in 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.naviny.media/article/20170831/1504157459-den-rozhdeniya-nikolaya-lukashenko-chto-my-znaem-o-syne-prezidenta|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008061610/https://www.naviny.media/article/20170831/1504157459-den-rozhdeniya-nikolaya-lukashenko-chto-my-znaem-o-syne-prezidenta|url-status=usurped|archive-date=8 October 2020|title=День рождения Николая Лукашенко. Что мы знаем о сыне президента|author=|date=31 August 2017|website=naviny.by|publisher=|accessdate=27 May 2018|language=ru}} He has attracted significant media attention as his father, President Alexander Lukashenko, has frequently taken him to official ceremonies and state visits, including meetings with Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, Russia's president Dmitry Medvedev, Pope Benedict XVI, and US president Barack Obama.{{Cite news|date=1 October 2015|title=Why does Belarus President Lukashenko take son Kolya to work?|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34411326|access-date=25 September 2020}} According to his father, this was at Nikolai's insistence, but it has been speculated that Nikolai was being groomed to be president after Alexander. He attracted further media attention in 2013, when Alexander stated that his son would become a President of Belarus, causing numerous speculations in the press.{{Cite web|last=Shadmy|first=Daniel|title=Meet Kolya Lukashenko, A Nine-Year-Old Dictator In Training|url=https://worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/meet-kolya-lukashenko-a-nine-year-old-dictator-in-training|access-date=25 September 2020|website=Worldcrunch|language=en}}{{cite web| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/who-s-boy-grey-suit-it-s-kolya-lukashenko-next-dictator-belarus-7897089.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/who-s-boy-grey-suit-it-s-kolya-lukashenko-next-dictator-belarus-7897089.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| title=Who's that boy in the grey suit? It's Kolya Lukashenko - the next dictator of Belarus...|date=29 June 2012|website=The Independent|authorlink=Shaun Walker (journalist)|last=Walker|first=Shaun}} In 2015, Lukashenko, at the age of 10, took part in a session of the United Nations General Assembly. In June 2020, he and his father attended the Moscow Victory Day Parade on Red Square.[https://www.tatler.ru/heroes/nikolaj-lukashenko-syn-prezidenta-belorussii-drug-vladimira-putina-i-talantlivyj-muzykant Николай Лукашенко — сын президента Белоруссии, друг Владимира Путина и талантливый музыкант]

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Lukashenko speaks Russian and English, and is also learning Chinese and Spanish. He has been taking piano lessons since he was 9.{{Cite web|date=11 January 2021|title=Lukashenko fields questions, ranging from the serious to the personal, in an unusual interview|url=https://eng.belta.by/president/view/lukashenko-fields-questions-ranging-from-the-serious-to-the-personal-in-an-unusual-interview-136437-2021/|access-date=16 January 2021|website=Belarusian Telegraph Agency|language=en-EN}}

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