Pavel Latushko
Belarusian diplomat and pro-democracy activist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pavel Pavlovich Latushko (Belarusian: Павел Паўлавіч Латушка, romanized: Paviel Paŭlavič Latuška, Russian: Павел Павлович Латушко; born 10 February 1973) is a Belarusian politician and diplomat. He was the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Belarus from 2009 to 2012.
Pavel Latushko | |
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Павел Латушка Павел Латушко | |
Head of National Anti-Crisis Management of Belarus | |
Assumed office 26 October 2020 | |
President | Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya |
Preceded by | Position established |
Minister of Culture | |
In office 4 June 2009 – 16 November 2012 | |
President | Alexander Lukashenko |
Prime Minister | Sergei Sidorsky Mikhail Myasnikovich |
Preceded by | Vladimir Fyodorovich Matveichuk |
Succeeded by | Boris Svetlov |
Personal details | |
Born | (1973-02-10) 10 February 1973 (age 51) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
Citizenship | Belarusian |
Nationality | Belarusian |
Alma mater | Belarusian State University Minsk State Linguistic University |
In 2020, Latushko supported the Belarusian protests against Lukashenko. He became the head of the National Anti-Crisis Management, a "shadow-government-like" organisation. On August 9, 2022 Latushko became the Deputy Head and Representative for the Transfer of Power in the United Transitional Cabinet of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.[1]
In March 2023, a Belarusian court sentenced him in absentia to 18 years' imprisonment.