Alexander Radzkow

Alexander Mikhailovich Radkov (, Aleksandr Mikhailavich Radzkou; born 1 July 1951) is a Belarusian politician. A former Minister of Education and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, he is currently leader of the Belaya Rus party.

Biography Radkov attended Mogilev State Pegagoical Institute, graduating with a degree in physics and mathematics. He became vice-rector of the university, now renamed the Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University, in 1997, and rector in 2001. Since 2010 he heads Belaya Rus, a political movement that supports President Alexander Lukashenko.

Sanctions from the EU and other countries In May 2006, following the presidential elections, Alexander Radkov became subject to the travel ban and asset freeze by the European Union and the United States of America as part of the list of people and organizations sanctioned in relation to human rights violations in Belarus. The same sanctions were applied to him after the 2010 presidential elections.

In accordance with the decision of the European Council on October 15, 2012, as the first deputy head of the presidential administration, the former minister of education, he closed European Humanities University, ordered the repression of opposition students and organized students to force them to vote for the regime.