MINSK, 26 January (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko appointed Yuri Shuleiko Chairman of the Brest Oblast Executive Committee on 26 January, BelTA has learned.
Since May 2017, Yuri Shuleiko served as Aide to the President in Gomel Oblast.
"We have already talked about your appointment. We thoroughly discussed your work in Gomel Oblast and talked about work in Brest. You understand what needs to be done there," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
The president added that he intends to visit Grodno Oblast and then plans a trip to Brest. “You will already settle in (I think you do not need a lot of time for this: you worked in such a position, you know the particulars of this work and have a wealth of experience) and will report to me about the sore points of Brest Oblast and especially the city of Brest, taking into account the events of the past year so that we set guiding lines for the future work,” the president noted. “Brest Oblast is a good region, with good people. I served there, I know these people. But there are lost souls, we need to work with them. You know how to work with them, you have learned this in Gomel Oblast.”
The head of state also approved the appointment of Mikhail Demidov as Chairman of the Klimovichi District Executive Committee. Prior to that, he was first vice chairman, head of the agriculture and food department of the Belynichi District Executive Committee.
“As for the district that you are leaving, it's a good one. When I studied your personal file, I thought that you, being a zoo technician, a doctor will transfer this experience to Klimovichi District. In this regard, we will support you,” the president assured. “Klimovichi District is a strong fundamental district in Mogilev Oblast. I would like you to succeed in your new post. You have good prospects."
Aleksandr Lukashenko promised to visit Klimovichi District this year, perhaps during planting or harvesting campaigns. "Then you will tell us your vision of the development of the district," he said.
Yuri Shuleiko was born in 1968 in the town of Kozlovshchina in the Dyatlovo District, Grodno Oblast. In 1992 he graduated from the Mogilev Institute of Technology, in 2002 - the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Belarus. From 1986 to 1988 he served in the Soviet Army.
In 1992, he got his first job as a shop mechanic and chief power engineering specialist at Grodno Meat-Packing Plant. In 1994, he took up the post of the head of the meat shop at the Obukhovo agricultural enterprise in Grodno Oblast. In 1996, Yuri Shuleiko became deputy director, head of the processing facility of the Zelva heat and power distribution network. In 1996-2005, he worked as the head of the mechanization and automation department at Grodno Meat-Packing Plant.
Since 2005, Yuri Shuleiko headed various enterprises. He was director of Lida Meat Processing Plant (2005-2007), director general of the Grodno Meat and Dairy Products (2007-2008), and director general of the state association Grodnomyasomolprom (2008-2012).
Yuri Shuleiko was appointed first deputy chairman of the Grodno City Executive Committee in 2012, deputy chairman of the Grodno Oblast Executive Committee in 2013, and Aide to the President in Gomel Oblast in 2017.
