Alexander Lukashenko is the President of Belarus and he has committed human rights abuses.
Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukashenko -LRB- Алякса́ндр Рыго́равіч Лукашэ́нка , Aliaksandr Ryhoravič Lukašenka , Алекса́ндр Григо́рьевич Лукаше́нко born 30 August 1954 -RRB- is the President of Belarus , in office since 20 July 1994.
Lukashenko and other Belarusian officials are also the subject of sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United States for human rights violations off and on since 2006.
