30 December 2025
Lukashenko presents state honors to 48 citizens and three organizations
Forty-eight individuals from various areas of activity, as well as three organizations, have been honored with state awards. Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed the corresponding decree and order on 30 December, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.
Orders, medals, and honorary titles have been awarded to 38 workers from various enterprises, organizations, and institutions for their many years of fruitful work, high professionalism, and significant personal contribution to improving the judicial system, combating crime, ensuring constitutional legality, state security, protecting state interests, implementing state information policy, developing the oil and chemical industries, achieving high production indicators, excellent achievements in state service, project activities, and in the areas of healthcare, education, science, culture, and sports.
The Order of the Fatherland, 2nd Class, has been awarded to Valentin Sukalo, Chairman of the Supreme Court of Belarus (1997-2025). The Order of the Fatherland, 3rd Class, has been awarded to Piotr Miklashevich, Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus (2008-2025), and Yuri Kharin, Director of the Research Institute of Applied Mathematics and Informatics at Belarusian State University. Aleksandr Sharapo, a professor at the Department of International Relations at Belarusian State University, has been awarded the Order of Honor.
Seven employees of the Investigative Committee have been awarded the For Excellence in Public Order Protection medal, including Yuri Garin, senior investigator for particularly important cases of the department for investigating organized crime and corruption in Brest Oblast, under the Main Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Corruption of the Central Office of the Investigative Committee, and Andrei Kashevich, Head of the Forensic Department of the Investigative Committee Directorate for Gomel Oblast.
A large group of workers has been awarded the For Labour Merits medal. Among them are Oksana Diakevich, Deputy Director for Core Activities at the Minsk Oblast Center for Correction and Development Training and Rehabilitation; Svetlana Zdoronkova, a physics teacher at Secondary School No.34 in Bobruisk; Aleksandr Pishchik, a worker at the Production Association Belorusneft; and Ivan Skarzhinsky, a surgeon at the Brest Central City Hospital.
The Francysk Skaryna Medal has been awarded to Sergei Gusachenko, First Deputy Chairman of the National State Television and Radio Company, and Olga Shpilevskaya, Director of the National Branch (Representative Office) of the Interstate Television and Radio Company Mir in Belarus.
