Vladimir Andreichenko

Andreichenko was born on 2 January 1949 in the village of Marjanova, which was part of the Lyozna district in the Byelorussian SSR when he was born.{{cite web |title=Палата прадстаўнiкоў Нацыянальнага сходу Рэспублiкi Беларусь: Андрэйч… |url=https://archive.today/20161012122817/http://old.house.gov.by/index.php/,17041,73809,,,2,,,0.html |website=archive.is |access-date=18 April 2025 |date=12 October 2016}} In 1968 he graduated from the Luzhesno (Vitebsk district) Technical School of Sovkhoz.{{cite book |title=Кто есть кто в Беларуси |date=2001 |publisher=Мэджик Бук |isbn=978-985-6544-16-6 |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VR8hAQAAMAAJ&q=%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0+%D0%A3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%80+%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87+%221968%22 |access-date=18 April 2025 |language=ru}} In 1968, he briefly worked as an agronomist of the collective farm "Victory of Socialism", before serving in the Soviet Army for two years.

In 1972 he first entered politics, becoming an instructor and head of the organizational department of the Lyozna district committee of the Komsomol,{{cite book |title=Belaruskai︠a︡ dumka |date=2009 |publisher=Belaruskai︠a︡ dumka |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=55hOAQAAIAAJ&q=%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0+%D0%A3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%80+%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87+%221972%22+%D0%9B%D1%91%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0+%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0 |access-date=18 April 2025 |language=ru}} and was also an instructor of the Lyozna district committee of the Communist Party of Belarus.

From October 2008 to March 2024 he was Chair of the House of Representatives, when he was replaced by Igor Sergeenko.{{cite web |title=Belarusian parliament speaker re-elected |url=https://www.belarus.by/en/government/events/belarusian-parliament-speaker-re-elected_i_106782.html |website=www.belarus.by |access-date=18 April 2025}}{{cite web |title=Сергеенко избран председателем Палаты представителей |url=https://belta.by/society/view/sergeenko-izbran-predsedatelem-palaty-predstavitelej-622960-2024/ |website=belta.by |access-date=18 April 2025 |ref=22 March 2024 |language=ru-RU |date=22 March 2024}} He was previously Chairman of the Vitebsk Executive Committee from November 1994 until his election.{{cite news |title=Without options |url=https://charter97.org/en/news/2012/10/18/60120/ |access-date=18 April 2025 |work=Charter 97 |date=18 October 2012 |language=en}} During his time as chair, the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, and he subsequently criticized organizations that blocked Belarus, saying it was a "fictitious pretext" of supporting the war against Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Andreichenko: International situation remains very complicated |url=https://eng.belta.by/politics/view/andreichenko-international-situation-remains-very-complicated-153190-2022/ |website=eng.belta.by |access-date=18 April 2025 |language=en-EN |date=19 September 2022}} He has also accused NATO's expansion, revolutions he stated were stirred by the west, and revisionism of World War II as helping start World War III.{{cite web |title=Andreichenko: A group of countries is trying to replace the international law with invented rules |url=https://eng.belta.by/politics/view/andreichenko-a-group-of-countries-is-trying-to-replace-the-international-law-with-invented-rules-143023-2021/ |website=eng.belta.by |access-date=18 April 2025 |language=en-EN |date=6 September 2021}} In 2019, he attended the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Meeting (CoB-NAM) |url=https://mnoal.org/caracascobmm/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203073828/https://mnoal.org/caracascobmm/ |archive-date=3 February 2020 |access-date=29 November 2019 |language=en-US}}

He stated that after his retirement as chairman, he wanted to move back to Vitsebsk.{{cite news |title=Спикер нижней палаты парламента Андрейченко решил вернуться на Витебщину Читайте на |url=https://www.belarus.kp.ru/online/news/5698752/?ysclid=m9m7mbc0w5531357044 |access-date=18 April 2025 |work=KP |date=1 March 2024}}

He owns a house in the village of Drazdy located near Minsk, which is where the majority of Alexander Lukashenko's associates live.{{cite news |title=Ад Абельскай да Ярмошынай: 113 уладальнікаў катэджаў у Драздах, поўны… |url=https://archive.today/20190619083332/https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=155262 |access-date=18 April 2025 |work=Наша Ніва |date=11 May 2019}} His son, Vladislav, was General Director of the mobile operator company MTC.{{cite web |title=Руководство |url=https://www.mts.by/company/management/ |access-date=18 April 2025 |date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202195739/https://www.mts.by/company/management/ |archive-date=2 December 2021 }} In 2024 he became directer of the state-owned Minskintercaps.{{cite news |title=Куда трудоустроился бывший гендиректор МТС |url=https://onlinebrest.by/novosti/kuda-trudoustroilsya-byvshiy-gendirektor-mts.html?ysclid=m9m7mm2sh2499221918 |access-date=18 April 2025 |work=Online Brest |date=19 July 2024 |language=ru}}

In December 2022, Andreichenko was added to the Canadian sanctions list.{{Cite web|url=https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2022/2022-12-07/html/sor-dors240-eng.html|title=Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Belarus) Regulations: SOR/2022-240|work=Canada Gazette|date=7 December 2022|access-date=10 April 2023}}

• Order of the Fatherland, 1st degree{{cite web |title=Igor Sergeenko was Elected as Speaker of House of Representatives of National Assembly of Belarus |url=https://iacis.ru/News/Parliaments/Igor_Sergeenko_was_Elected_as_Speaker_of_House_of_Representatives_of_National_Assembly_of_Belarus |website=iacis.ru |access-date=18 April 2025 |language=en}}

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