Vladimir Pavlovich Andriejczenko (Belarusian: Уладзімір Паўлавіч Андрэйчанка; Russian: Владимир Павлович Андрейченко; born 2 January 1949) is a Belarusian agronomist and politician who was Chair of the House of Representatives from October 2008 to March 2024.

Andreichenko in 2019

Early life

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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.[1] In 1968 he graduated from the Luzhesno (Vitebsk district) Technical School of Sovkhoz.[2] In 1968, he briefly worked as an agronomist of the collective farm "Victory of Socialism", before serving in the Soviet Army for two years.[2]

Political career

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In 1972 he first entered politics, becoming an instructor and head of the organizational department of the Lyozna district committee of the Komsomol,[3] and was also an instructor of the Lyozna district committee of the Communist Party of Belarus.[2]

From October 2008 to March 2024 he was Chair of the House of Representatives, when he was replaced by Igor Sergeenko.[4][5] He was previously Chairman of the Vitebsk Executive Committee from November 1994 until his election.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] In 2019, he attended the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.[9]

He stated that after his retirement as chairman, he wanted to move back to Vitsebsk.[10]

Personal life

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He owns a house in the village of Drazdy located near Minsk, which is where the majority of Alexander Lukashenko's associates live.[11] His son, Vladislav, was General Director of the mobile operator company MTC.[12] In 2024 he became director of the state-owned Minskintercaps.[13]

Sanctions

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In December 2022, Andreichenko was added to the Canadian sanctions list.[14]

Honours and awards

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References

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  1. "Палата прадстаўнiкоў Нацыянальнага сходу Рэспублiкi Беларусь: Андрэйч…". archive.is. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Кто есть кто в Беларуси (in Russian). Мэджик Бук. 2001. p. 15. ISBN 978-985-6544-16-6. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  3. Belaruskai︠a︡ dumka (in Russian). Belaruskai︠a︡ dumka. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  4. "Belarusian parliament speaker re-elected". www.belarus.by. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  5. "Сергеенко избран председателем Палаты представителей". belta.by (in Russian). 22 March 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  6. "Without options". Charter 97. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  7. "Andreichenko: International situation remains very complicated". eng.belta.by. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  8. "Andreichenko: A group of countries is trying to replace the international law with invented rules". eng.belta.by. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  9. "Ministerial Meeting (CoB-NAM)". Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  10. "Спикер нижней палаты парламента Андрейченко решил вернуться на Витебщину Читайте на". KP. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  11. "Ад Абельскай да Ярмошынай: 113 уладальнікаў катэджаў у Драздах, поўны…". Наша Ніва. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. "Руководство". 2 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  13. "Куда трудоустроился бывший гендиректор МТС". Online Brest (in Russian). 19 July 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  14. "Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Belarus) Regulations: SOR/2022-240". Canada Gazette. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  15. "Igor Sergeenko was Elected as Speaker of House of Representatives of National Assembly of Belarus". iacis.ru. Retrieved 18 April 2025.