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Andrei Ivanavich SHVED

Person of interest · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Andrei Ivanavich SHVED is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	ANDREI IVANAVICH SHVED · ANDREI SHVED · Andrei Ivanavich SHVED · Andrei Ivanavich Shved · Andrei Ivanovich SHVED · 18 more...				[sources]
Other name	ANDREI IVANOVICH SHVED · ANDREY IVANOVICH SHVED · Andrei Ivanavich Schwed · Andrei Ivanavich Shved · Andrei Ivanovich SHVED · 28 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1973-04-21				[sources]
Place of birth	BELARUS, Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast, Glushkovichi · Belarus, Glushkovichi · Glushkovichi, Gomel/Homyel Oblast · Glushkovichi, Gomel/Homyel Oblast former USSR (now Belarus) · Glushkovichi, Lelchitsy District, Gomel Oblast, Belarus · 4 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Belarus				[sources]
Country	Belarus				[sources]
Citizenship	Belarus				[sources]
Country of birth	Belarus · Soviet Union				[sources]
First name	ANDREI IVANAVICH · Andrei · Andrei Ivanavich · Andrey · Andrey Ivanovich · 2 more...				[sources]
Last name	SHVED · Shved · ШВЕД · Швед				[sources]
Middle name	Ivanavich · Ivanovich · Іванавіч · Иванович				[sources]
Patronymic	Ivanavich · Ivanovich · Iванавiч · Іванавіч · Иванович				[sources]
Second name	Ivanavich · Ivanovich				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q99004968				[sources]
Position	Chairman of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus (2013-2020) · Procureur général de Biélorussie · Procureur général de la République de Biélorussie · Prosecutor General · Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Juridical Science (2022) · Doctor of Sciences · Faculty of Law of the Belarusian State University (-1996)				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-13	Last processed	2024-11-13	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

In his position as Prosecutor General of Belarus, he is responsible for the ongoing repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and in particular the launching of numerous criminal proceedings against peaceful demonstrators, opposition leaders and journalists in the wake of the 2020 presidential elections. He also made public statements threatening participants in “unauthorised rallies” with punishment.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Prosecutor General of Belarus

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Head of the State Committee of Legal Expertise. Former Deputy Head of the Investigation Committee and former Deputy Prosecutor General and Head of the Investigation Department. Upon request of the KGB, he initiated in 2011 the investigation of the case of Ales Byaliatski, one of the most prominent human rights defenders, Chief of the Belarusian Human Rights Centre "Vyasna", Vice President of FIDH. A. Byalyatski was active in defending and providing assistance to those who suffered from repression in relation to the 19 Dec 2010 elections and the repression of civil society and of the democratic opposition in Belarus.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Travel ban according to article 3 paragraph 1 and financial sanctions according to article 1 do not apply until 15 March 2016.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

En tant que procureur général, il est responsable des répressions en cours à l'encontre de membres de la société civile et de l'opposition démocratique, et notamment par le lancement de nombreuses procédures pénales à l'encontre de manifestants pacifiques, de dirigeants de l'opposition et de journalistes à la suite du scrutin présidentiel de 2020. Il a également fait des déclarations publiques dans lesquelles il a menacé de sanctions les participants à des “rassemblements non autorisés”.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Angela Rayemskaya	sibling	-	-
Zinaida Schwed	mother	-	-
Aleh Schwed	sibling	-	-
Kiryl Shwed	child	-	-
Ivan Schwed	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Prosecutor General	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2021-06-21	-
Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania	-	2018-01-01	2025-09-25
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2020/2129 du 17/12/2020 (UE Biélorussie - R (CE) 765/2006 ) · (UE) 2021/339 du 25/02/2021 (UE Biélorussie - R (CE) 765/2006 )	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	BLR	2021-02-27	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Belarus	2021-02-18	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	BLR	2021-02-27	-
Ministry of Finance	資産凍結等の措置の対象となるベラルーシ共和国の個人及び団体（個人）	2022-03-08	-
Välisministeerium	-	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 16 March 2022 on measures against Belarus (SR 946.231.116.9), annex 5, 13, 14 and 15	2021-03-22	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 16 March 2022 on measures against Belarus (SR 946.231.116.9), annex 5, 13, 14 and 15	2012-12-14	2016-03-01
Global Affairs Canada	Belarus / Bélarus	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2021-02-18	-
National Security and Defense Council	726/2022	2022-10-19	2032-10-19

Data sources

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

French National Asset Freezing System5,117

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,277

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Wikidata Entities of Interest3,963

Persons of interest profiles from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Lithuania Designated Persons Under Magnitsky Amendments315

The sanctions list aims to prevent foreign individuals involved in gross human rights violations, money laundering, and corruption from entering Lithuania.

Lithuania · migracija

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,598

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,678

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,801

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

US SAM Procurement Exclusions120,096

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

Estonia International Sanctions Act List329

Individuals and entities sanctioned by the Estonia government

Estonia · VM

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,908

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,364

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,410

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

US CIA World Leaders11,071

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,698

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata377,203

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-belarus-andrey-shved-prosecutor-general · ua-nsdc-17559-sved-andrij-ivanovic · eu-tb-logical-126681 · mc-freezes-fe8b926f39a53aeff4f890ffd3940e5bb450b510 · ca-sema-belarus-1-67 · ch-seco-4749 · ca-sema-1-67-by-andrey-ivanovich-shved · ee-san-ae4f0b1dd106b2d216acd7a39b358430ec8bffa4 · ca-sema-197ed920099185d4f91f3a89c44b6042fb2e9935 · ua-nabc-person-54-shved-andrey-ivanovich · ch-seco-44152 · NK-WMsgm7MaGyf8hysx3GFxH4 · ua-nazk-person-54 · ja-mof-ac249ac8980951c81763464b5115342c282c6867 · ofac-31871 · lt-mag-4ff41d645e9fe6c778bf5afd00f8e306a7958c2c · NK-JDyryRpMnJQvCGvz2N3vF8 · eu-fsf-eu-6017-73 · fr-ga-3399 · gb-hmt-14033 · gb-fcdo-bel0084 · usgsa-s4mrj5bbc · ca-sema-1-part-1-67-by-andrey-ivanovich-shved

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