Valery Vakulchik
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Valery Vakulchik | |
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Валерый Вакульчык | |
Vadim Zaytsev | |
Succeeded by | Ivan Tertel |
Chairman of Investigative Committee of Belarus | |
In office 24 October 2011 – 16 November 2012 | |
President | Alexander Lukashenko |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Valentin Shaev |
Personal details | |
Born | Radostovo, Drahichyn District, Belarusian SSR | 19 June 1964
Parents |
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Alma mater | Kharkov Guards Higher Tank Command School (1985) Higher Courses of the KGB (1992) Academy of Public Administration in Belarus (2011) |
Valery Pavlovich Vakulchik (Belarusian: Валерый Паўлавіч Вакульчык, Russian: Валерий Павлович Вакульчик, born 19 June 1964) is a Belarusian civil servant and soldier. He was the Chairman of State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KGB, SSCRB) from November 16, 2012, to September 3, 2020. Vakulchik was also Secretary of the State Security Council of the Republic of Belarus from September 3, 2020, to October 29, 2020.
Biography
Vakulchik was born on June 19, 1964, in Radostovo, Drahichyn District, Brest Region. His father, Pavel Denisovich Vakulchik, worked as the director of the collective farm "Red Partisan" (1971-1986). His mother, Maria Alekseevna, worked as a village teacher and director of a school in the village of Lipniki. He is the oldest brother of his sister Galina and his brother Sergey.
Education and career
Vakulchik graduated from Radostovskaya high school. In 1985 he graduated from the Kharkov Guards Higher Tank Command School. In 1992 he graduated from the Higher courses of military counterintelligence of the SSCRB, and in 2011 the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus.
From 1985 to 1991 he served in the Armed Forces of the USSR.
From 1991 to 2008 he served in the state security bodies of the Republic of Belarus. He started his career in the Brest border detachment. He was the head of the SSCRB military counterintelligence department in the border troops.
Since May 2008 Vakulchik served as Head of the Operational Analytical Center under the President of the Republic of Belarus.[citation needed]
On October 24, 2011, he was appointed as chairman of the
On November 16, 2012, he was appointed chairman of the KGB.[3]
From March 7, 2013[4] to May 16, 2017,[5] he headed the Belarusian Biathlon Federation, of which he is currently the chairman of the supervisory board.
2020 Belarus protests
On August 31, 2020, Vakulchik was included in the list of persons who were imposed an indefinite ban on entering
On September 3, 2020, he was released from the post of the chairman of the KGB and appointed as Secretary of the
On 31 August 2020,
On October 2, 2020, Vakulchik was banned from entering the European Union.[14] He was also sanctioned by the United Kingdom,[15] Switzerland,[16] and Canada.[17]
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