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Andrei Aliakseevich RAUKOU

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Andrei Aliakseevich RAUKOU is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Andrei Alexeyevich RAVKOV · Andrei Aliakseevich RAUKOU · Andrei Aliakseevich Raukou · Andrei Ravkov · Andrej Alekseevič Ravkov · 13 more...				[sources]
Other name	Andrei Alekseevich RAVKOV · Andrei Alekseevich Raukou · Andrei Alekseevich Ravkov · Andrei Aliakseevich Ravkov · Andréi Alekséyevich Ravkov · 8 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1967-06-25				[sources]
Place of birth	BELARUS, village of Revyaki, Vitebsk/Viciebsk Region/Oblast · Belarus, village of Revyaki · Ravyaki · village de Revyaki, oblast de Vitebsk/Viciebsk (ex-URSS)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Belarus				[sources]
Country	Belarus · Soviet Union				[sources]
Country of birth	Belarus				[sources]
First name	Andrei · Andrei Aliakseevich · Андрей · Андрэй				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	RAUKOU · Raukou · Ravkov · РАЎКОЎ · РАВКОВ				[sources]
Patronymic	Alekseevich · Aliakseevich · Алексеевич · Аляксеевiч				[sources]
Second name	Alekseevich · Aliakseevich				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q18613590				[sources]
Position	Ancien secrétaire d'État du conseil de sécurité · Chairperson of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (2020-2020) · Defence Minister of Belarus (2014-2020) · Former State Secretary of the Security Council Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Azerbaijan				[sources]
Education	Military Academy of Belarus · Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia · Minsk Suvorov Military School · Moscow Higher Military Command School				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Created at	2020-12-11				[sources]
Modified on	2024-03-16				[sources]
Last changed	2024-04-08	Last checked	2024-04-25	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

In his former position as State Secretary of the Security Council, he has been closely associated with the President and responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign carried out by the State apparatus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the ambassador of Belarus to Azerbaijan.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Former State Secretary of the Security Council; Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Azerbaijan

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Dans le cadre de ses anciennes fonctions de secrétaire d'État du conseil de sécurité, il est étroitement associé au président et est responsable de la campagne de répression et d'intimidation menée par l'appareil d'État à la suite de l'élection présidentielle de 2020, en particulier d'arrestations arbitraires et de mauvais traitements, y compris de la torture, de manifestants pacifiques, ainsi que d'intimidations et de violences à l'encontre de journalistes. Il continue de jouer un rôle actif dans le régime de Loukachenka en tant qu'ambassadeur de Biélorussie en Azerbaïdjan.

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

Belarusian general

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Chairperson of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus	2020-01-20	2020-09-03
Defence Minister of Belarus	2014-11-27	2020-01-20

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 16 March 2022 on measures against Belarus (SR 946.231.116.9), annex 5, 13, 14 and 15	2020-12-11	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(PESC) 2004/661 du 24/09/2004 (UE Biélorussie - R (CE) 765/2006 ) · (UE) 2020/1648 du 06/11/2020 (UE Biélorussie - R (CE) 765/2006 ) · (UE) 2021/339 du 25/02/2021 (UE Biélorussie - R (CE) 765/2006 )	-	-
European External Action Service	BLR	2021-02-27	-
Federal Public Service Finance	BLR	2021-02-27	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Belarus	2020	-

Data sources

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,891

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,218

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Entities of Interest3,928

Persons of interest profiles from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

EU Consolidated Travel Bans3,894

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU

French Freezing of Assets6,267

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,315

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council.

Belgium · Federal Public Service Finance

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,054

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · European External Action Service

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,011

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes.

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata224,808

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines.

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: gb-hmt-13995 · NK-HGpF7oRDmBwDJJ9ozKHuq2 · ch-seco-44024 · fr-ga-3274 · eu-tb-logical-126338 · eu-fsf-eu-5968-10

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