Pavel Latushko
Pavel Latushko | |
|---|---|
| Павел Латушка Павел Латушко | |
Latushko in 2010 | |
| Head of National Anti-Crisis Management of Belarus | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2020 | |
| President | Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 4 June 2009 – 16 November 2012 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Prime Minister | Sergei Sidorsky Mikhail Myasnikovich |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Fyodorovich Matveichuk |
| Succeeded by | Boris Svetlov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 February 1973 Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Belarusian |
| Alma mater | Belarusian State University Minsk State Linguistic University |
Pavel Pavlovich Latushko (born 10 February 1973) is a Belarusian politician and diplomat. He was the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Belarus from 2009 to 2012.
In 2020, Latushko supported the Belarusian protests against Lukashenko. He became the head of the National Anti-Crisis Management, a "shadow-government-like" organisation. On August 9, 2022 Latushko became the Deputy Head and Representative for the Transfer of Power in the United Transitional Cabinet of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
In March 2023, a Belarusian court sentenced him in absentia to 18 years' imprisonment.