Nikolai Lukashenko
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Lukashenko is the third son of Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus.
Early life, family and education
There has been no official commentary regarding the identity of Nikolai's mother. However, according to a widespread version, his mother is, a former personal physician of Alexander Lukashenko whose mother worked as Belarusian Minister of Healthcare. Alexander Lukashenko remains formally married to his wife Galina Lukashenko, although the couple have not lived together or been seen together for the past three decades.Nikolai has two half-brothers on his father Alexander's side and one half-brother on his mother's side, Dmitry Evgen'evich Abelskiy. In a 2016 interview, Irina seemed to implicitly refer to Nikolai when asked whether she would like her "youngest son" to become a doctor as she comes from a family of doctors, her reply was that she would like him to "get a good education, choose an interesting profession, love his job, enjoy it and bring benefit and joy to others."
In 2011, Nikolai Lukashenko entered Ostroshitsko-Gorodok Secondary School. In 2020, he entered Belarusian State University Lyceum. Later in August 2020, Nikolai Lukashenko was reported to have withdrawn from the Lyceum. According to the Belarusian Investigative Center, he graduated from a private gymnasium in the Drazdy district of Minsk, which was operated by the company founded by Irina Abelskaya. In 2022, he enrolled in a biotechnology program at Belarusian State University, a collaboration with Peking University. Alexander Lukashenko stated the program was established so his son could obtain diplomas from both institutions.
In August 2024, Nikolai Lukashenko was added to the sanctions list of Canada.
In August 2025 Alexander Lukashenko dismissed speculations of grooming Nikolai to succeed him as president in 2030, which at an age of 25 to 26 would have likely led to Nikolai to become the youngest current world leader.
Public life
Lukashenko appeared in public for the first time in 2008. He has attracted significant media attention as his father, President Alexander Lukashenko, has frequently taken him to official ceremonies and state visits, including meetings with Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, Russia's president Dmitry Medvedev, Pope Benedict XVI, and US president Barack Obama. According to his father, this was at Nikolai's insistence; however, it has been speculated that Nikolai was being positioned as a potential successor to Alexander's presidency. He attracted further media attention in 2013, when Alexander stated that his son would become a President of Belarus, causing numerous speculations in the press. In 2015, Lukashenko, at the age of 10, took part in a session of the United Nations General Assembly. In June 2020, he and his father attended the 2020 Moscow [Victory Day Parade|Moscow Victory Day Parade] on Red Square.In August 2020, amid protests in Belarus, he appeared alongside his father in camouflage-style body armor carrying a rifle.