Valery Vakulchik

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.

Valery Vakulchik
Валерый Вакульчык
State Secretary of Security Council of Belarus
In office
3 September 2020 – 29 October 2020
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Preceded byAndrei Ravkov
Succeeded byAlexander Volfovich
Chairman of State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus
In office
16 November 2012 – 3 September 2020
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Preceded byVadim Zaytsev
Succeeded byIvan Tertel
Chairman of Investigative Committee of Belarus
In office
24 October 2011 – 16 November 2012
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byValentin Shaev
Personal details
Born19 June 1964 (Age 56)
Radostovo, Drahichyn District, Belarusian SSR
MotherMaria Vakulchik
FatherPavel Vakulchik
Alma materKharkov Guards Higher Tank Command School (1985),

Higher courses of military counterintelligence of the KGB of the USSR (1992),

Academy of Public Administration in Belarus (2011)

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.

On October 24, 2011, he was appointed as chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus.[1][2]

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 Latvia, a five-year ban on entering Estonia and a ban on entering Lithuania due to the fact that “by his actions he organized and supported the falsification of the presidential elections on August 9 and subsequently violated suppression of protests", which have not been recognized by the Baltic states.[6][7][8]

On September 3, 2020, he was released from the post of the chairman of the KGB and appointed as Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus.[9] The presidential decree of September 3, No. 329, in label 3 says: "To assign General-tenant Valery Pavlovich Vakulchik to the State Secretariat of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus, leaving him in the state security personnel of the Republic of Belarus". He was released from those duties on October 29, 2020 and on the same day he was appointed Assistant to the President of the Republic of Belarus as Inspector for the Brest Region.[10][11]

References
  1. "Национальный правовой Интернет-портал Республики Беларусь". pravo.by.
  2. "Президент Республики Беларусь 24 октября рассмотрел кадровые вопросы". www.pravo.by.
  3. "Events | The Official Internet Portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus". president.gov.by.
  4. "Новый председатель КГБ Вакульчик возглавил Федерацию биатлона". sport.tut.by. March 7, 2013.
  5. "Белорусскую федерацию биатлона вместо председателя КГБ возглавил бывший наставник сборной". sport.tut.by. May 16, 2017.
  6. "Baltic States Issue Entry Ban on President Lukashenko and 29 Other Belarusian Officials". SchengenVisaInfo.com. September 3, 2020.
  7. "Baltic States Ban 30 Belarusian Officials from Entering Territories Amid Rigged Election and Violence". September 4, 2020.
  8. "Foreign minister puts 30 Belarusian citizens on list of persons undesirable in Latvia". www.baltictimes.com.
  9. "Vakulchik appointed State Secretary of Belarus' Security Council". eng.belta.by. September 3, 2020.
  10. Balmforth, Tom (October 29, 2020). "Lukashenko announces security shake-up". Newcastle Herald.
  11. "Lukashenko urges to protect workers that want to work". eng.belta.by. October 29, 2020.
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