As most chiefs of law enforcing agencies he was not born in Belarus.
Aliaksandr Lukashenka appointed Ihar Shunievich the Minister of Interior on May 11. The previous Minister Anatol Kuliashou was dismissed from the position.
Before Friday’s appointment, Ihar Shunievich held the position of the First Deputy Minister of the Interior and the Chief of Criminal Police.
Mr. Shunievich, as most chiefs of law enforcement agencies, was born in a country other than Belarus and thus cannot run for president.
Now reading
Tsapkala and Balkunets attacked a Lithuanian politician who helped Belarusians after 2020 and contributed to the case opened by the prosecutor in The Hague
Comments