Uladzimir Navumau

Uladzimir Navumau
Uladzimir Navumau
	Владимир Владимирович Наумов
Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus
	In office; 25 September 2000 – 4 April 2009
Leader	Alexander Lukashenko
Preceded by	Yuri Sivakov
Succeeded by	Anatoly Kuleshov
Head of the Presidential Security Service of Belarus
	In office; 20 January 1999 – 25 September 2000
Leader	Alexander Lukashenko
Preceded by	Vladimir Kuzhanov (acting)
Succeeded by	Leonid Yerin
Personal details
Born	Vladimir Vladimirovich Naumov; 7 February 1956; Smolensk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	School of the Ministry of the Interior of the USSR
Profession	Police
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Years of service	1974–76

Uladzimir Navumau (Belarusian: Уладзімір Навумаў, Russian: Владимир Наумов, Vladimir Naumov, also Uladzimir Naumau;[1] born 7 February 1956 in Smolensk, Russia) is a Belarusian politician accused of human rights violations.

He was Minister of the Internal Affairs of Belarus[2] (2000-2009) and chairman of Belarus Ice Hockey Federation.

Navumau has been accused of violent crackdown of opposition protests following the Belarusian presidential election in 2006 and of being related to the disappearances of opposition leaders in 1999–2000.

Biography

Navumau has been working in the Minsk Militsiya since 1976.

Between 1991 and 1999 he was commander of Berkut and Almaz special units (OMON) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.[3] The OMON participated in the crackdown of protests before and after the controversial 1996 referendum.

Between 1999 and 2000 Navumau was Head of the Presidential Security Service.

From 2000 to 2009 he was Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus. During his service in this position, the police and OMON forces have dispersed protests related to the controversial presidential election of 2001, referendum of 2004 and presidential election in 2006.

Sanctions, accusations

Navumau has been included into the sanctions lists of the United States[1] and the European Union.

According to a decision by the European Union, Navumau "failed to take action to investigate the case of the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000 (...) As a Minister of Interior he was responsible for the repression over peaceful demonstrations until his retirement on 6 April 2009 for health reasons".[4]

References

"OFAC Sanctions List Search - NAUMAU, Uladzimir Uladzimiravich". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
"Belarus: Belarusian president appoints interior minister, security chief". IPR Strategic Business Information Database. 2000-09-27. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
"Владимир НАУМОВ: "Запросы общества и есть наш труд" (interview at the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs)". March 2, 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
"COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1159/2014 of 30 October 2014 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus". Europa. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

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[ofac-1] "OFAC Sanctions List Search - NAUMAU, Uladzimir Uladzimiravich". Retrieved 16 November 2017.

[appoints-2] "Belarus: Belarusian president appoints interior minister, security chief". IPR Strategic Business Information Database. 2000-09-27. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2010-08-06.

[3] "Владимир НАУМОВ: "Запросы общества и есть наш труд" (interview at the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs)". March 2, 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

[4] "COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1159/2014 of 30 October 2014 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus". Europa. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2017.