Personal Life
Lukashenko married Galina Zhelnerovich, his high school sweetheart, in 1975. Later that year his oldest son, Viktor, was born. Their second son, Dzmitry, was born in 1980. Galina lives separately in the family's house in the village near Shklov. Though they are still legally married, Galina Lukashenko has been estranged from her husband since shortly after he became president. There is no mention of Galina in the biography of Alexander Lukashenko published on the official presidential website. His son Viktor is a 'national security aide'; Lukashenko has dismissed him in public as "a useless weakling who will soon become even weaker".
Lukashenko fathered an illegitimate son, Nikolay, who was born in 2004. Though never confirmed officially, it is widely believed that the child's mother is Irina Abelskaya – the two had an affair when she was the personal doctor of Lukashenko.
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