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Alexander Turchin

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Not to be confused with Oleksandr Turchynov.
In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Genrikhovich and the family name is Turchin.
Alexander Turchin
Аляксaндaр Турчын
Алексaндр Турчин
Turchin in 2019
11th Prime Minister of Belarus
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 March 2025
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Preceded byRoman Golovchenko
Chairman of Minsk Region
In office
3 December 2019 – 10 March 2025
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Preceded byAnatoly Isachenko
Succeeded byAlexey Kushnarenko
First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus
In office
18 August 2018 – 3 December 2019
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Prime MinisterSergei Rumas
Preceded byVasily Matyushevsky
Succeeded byDmitry Krutoy
Personal details
Born (1975-07-02) 2 July 1975 (age 49)
Novogrudok, Belarusian SSR, USSR
Political partyIndependent
Children1
Alma materBelarus State Economic University
Academy of Public Administration
AwardsOrder of the Fatherland

Alexander Genrikhovich Turchin (Russian: Алексaндр Гeнрихович Турчин, romanized: Aleksandr Genrihovič Turčin, Belarusian: Аляксaндaр Гeнрыхавіч Турчын, romanized: Alaksandar Hienrychavič Turčyn; born 2 July 1975) is a Belarusian politician serving as the 11th prime minister of Belarus since 10 March 2025.[1] He was previously the chairman of the executive committee of Minsk Region from 3 December 2019[2] and was the first deputy prime minister of Belarus from 2018 to 2019.[3]

Biography

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He was born on July 2, 1975 in Novogrudok. His mother worked as a medical worker, and his father worked as a physics teacher at school. Later, for many years, Genrikh Stanislavovich was the head of the organizational department at the Novogrudok city party committee, and then the manager of affairs at the district executive committee[4].

In 1992, Alexander Turchin entered the Mogilev Machine-Building Institute, but dropped out after three years. Then, for two years, from 1995 to 1997, he was registered as unemployed at the Novogrudok employment center in the Grodno region. He did not serve in the army[5].

For 7 months, Alexander Turchin was listed as a guard at the Novogrudok district executive committee, where his father worked[5]. In 1997, his father, through acquaintances, got him a job as a manager of a grocery store at the Avangard collective farm in the Novogrudok district[4][6]. Then he worked as a state tax inspector of the state tax committee inspectorate for the Novogrudok district, and as a chief controller-auditor of the control and audit department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus for the Novogrudok district of the Grodno Region.

In 2002, he graduated from the Belarus State Economic University, and in 2009, from the Academy of Public Administration.

In 2004-2010, he worked first as the head of the financial department, and then as deputy chairman of the Korelichi district executive committee of the Grodno region. In 2010, he was appointed chairman of the economics committee of the Minsk regional executive committee.

On November 16, 2012, he was appointed deputy chairman of the Minsk regional executive committee[7]. On June 25, 2015, he was appointed Aide to the President of the Republic of Belarus — Chief Inspector for the Gomel Region[8]. On September 16, 2016, he was appointed Head of the Office of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.

On October 10, 2017, he was appointed Chairman of the Council for Entrepreneurship Development, an advisory body to the President of the Republic of Belarus[9]. From February 1, 2018 he served as Commissioner of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the Gomel Region[10].

On August 18, 2018, he was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus[11]. On November 21, 2018, by Decree No. 456, he was appointed Acting Head of the Office of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus[12].

On November 29, 2019, at a meeting, Alexander Lukashenko decided that First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Alexander Turchin would be appointed Governor of the Minsk Region and replace Anatoly Isachenko in this position. Turchin himself will be replaced in his post by Minister of Economy Dmitry Krutoy[13]. Alexander Lukashenko explained that the leadership of the Minsk region is not changing due to personnel problems: the current governor Anatoly Isachenko is leaving his post due to health reasons. The President noted that he worked well as governor, so when he changes his post, he will continue to oversee this region. By Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated December 3, 2019, No. 433, he was appointed to the post of Chairman of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee[14].

On December 4, 2019, an extraordinary 22nd session of the regional Council of Deputies was held, approving Alexander Turchin as Chairman of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee[15].

On 17 December 2020, Turchin was sanctioned by the European Union.[16] Albania, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway and Switzerland aligned themselves with these sanctions.[17][18] Turchin is also banned from entering the United Kingdom since 18 February 2021.[19]

On March 10, 2025, by decree of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, he was appointed Prime Minister of Belarus[20].

He is married to Inna and has a daughter, Darya.[21][22]

References

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  1. ^ "Lukashenko appoints Alexander Turchin as Belarus's new PM". The Kyiv Independent. 10 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Turchin approved as Minsk Oblast Governor". Belta. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  3. ^ "On the meeting of the First Deputy Prime-Minister of Belarus Alexander Turchin with the WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo and the Chairman of the Working Party Kemal Madenoğlu - Permanent Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva". geneva.mfa.gov.by. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  4. ^ a b Руслан Горбачёв, Семён Печенко, На малой родине вице-премьера Турчина рассказали 5 малоизвестных фактов о нем Archived 2020-08-14 at the Wayback Machine, Салiдарнасць
  5. ^ a b "Где "болтался" новый премьер Беларуси с 1992-го по 1997-й год?". Reform.news (in Russian). 2025-03-11. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  6. ^ Змитер Панковец (2018-08-18). "Четыре новых вице-премьера Беларуси: кто они?". Наша Ніва.
  7. ^ А. Лукашэнка разгледзеў кадравыя пытанні Archived 2019-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Лукашэнка назначыў памочнікаў Прэзідэнта — галоўных інспектараў па Гомельскай і Гродзенскай абласцях Archived 2019-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Состав и полномочия Совета по развитию предпринимательства обновлены". Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  10. ^ Андрэйчанка і Турчын назначаны ўпаўнаважанымі прадстаўнікамі кіраўніка дзяржавы ў Віцебскай і Гомельскай абласцях Archived 2019-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Прэзідэнт змяніў кіраўніцтва ўрада Archived 2018-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "Выкананне абавязкаў кіраўніка Апарату Савета Міністраў ускладзена на Аляксандра Турчына" (in Belarusian). Прэс-служба Прэзідэнта Рэспублікі Беларусь. Archived from the original on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  13. ^ "Турчин назначен губернатором Минской области, первый вице-премьер — Крутой". TUT.BY. Archived from the original on 2019-12-06. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 66 (help)
  14. ^ Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 3 декабря 2019 года № 433, pravo.by
  15. ^ Депутаты Минского областного Совета единогласно поддержали Александра Турчина Archived 2019-12-07 at the Wayback Machine, Млын.by
  16. ^ Свабода, Радыё (20 December 2020). "Два бізнэсоўцы і кампаніі ВПК: хто трапіў пад чарговыя санкцыі і што гэта за кампаніі". Радыё Свабода (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  17. ^ "Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures against Belarus". Council of the European Union. 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  18. ^ "Searching for subjects of sanctions". Archived from the original on 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  19. ^ Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions in the UK
  20. ^ "Что принесет Беларуси новое правительство и премьер Турчин". Deutsche Welle (in Russian). 2025-03-10. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  21. ^ "Что известно о дочери и зяте нового премьера Турчина". Наша Ніва.
  22. ^ "Пять фактов о новом премьере Турчине — любит баскетбол, работает с 14 лет". Наша Ніва.
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