Pyotr Miklashevich

Piotr Petrovich Miklashevich
Piotr Miklashevich in 2024
Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 February 2008
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Preceded byGrigory Vasilevich [be]
Prosecutor General of Belarus [be]
In office
29 November 2004 – 8 February 2008
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Preceded byViktor Sheiman
Succeeded byGrigory Vasilevich [be]
Personal details
Born (1954-10-18) 18 October 1954 (age 72)
Kasuta [be], Vileyka district, Minsk Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
EducationBelarusian State University

Piotr Petrovich Miklashevich (born 18 October 1954) is a Belarusian politician, currently serving as Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus.

Early life and education

Piotr Miklashevich was born on October 18, 1954, in the village of Kasuta, Minsk Oblast.

He served in the military from 1972 to 1982. In 1981, graduated from the Law Faculty of Belarusian State University.

Career

From 1982, Miklashevich served as a judge in the Buda-Kashalyova district and as a judge in the Gomel Regional Court, which he chaired from 1989 to 1998.

In 1998–1999 he worked as First Deputy Minister of Justice of Belarus. From 2001 to 2004, he served as the First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of Belarus.

Between 2004 and 2008, he served as Prosecutor General of Belarus. On 8 February 2008, he was appointed Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus.

Miklashevich was Chair of the Commission behind the 2022 constitutional referendum.

Sanctions

Miklashevich is sanctioned by the United States (Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List), the Baltic states, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, Albania, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Norway.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Председатель Конституционного Суда Республики Беларусь Миклашевич Петр Петрович" [Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus, Piotr Petrovich Miklashevich] (in Russian). Constitutional Court of Belarus. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "О П.П.Миклашевиче" [About P.P Miklashevich]. normativka.by (in Russian). President of Belarus. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Проводится сбор предложений по изменению Конституции Республики Беларусь" [Submitting Proposals to Amend Constitution] (in Russian). Border Guard Service Institute of Belarus. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "В Минске соберут предложения от граждан по изменению Конституции. Когда и куда обращаться" (in Russian). Administration of the Moscow district in Minsk. 21 April 2021. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "USA imposes sanctions against six more Belarusian officials". Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Latvia sanctions 101 more Belarus officials". Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "The sanctions of the Government of the Republic in view of the situation in Belarus". Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  8. ↑ COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1648
  9. ↑ "Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK" (PDF). Government of the United Kingdom. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Belarus sanctions". Government of Canada. 6 November 2020. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "Belarus: Federal Council extends scope of sanctions". Federal Council (Switzerland). 11 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures against Belarus". Council of the European Union. 24 November 2020. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.