Uladzimir Navumau | |
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Владимир Владимирович Наумов | |
Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus | |
In office 25 September 2000 – 4 April 2009 | |
Leader | Alexander Lukashenko |
Preceded by | Yuri Sivakov |
Succeeded by | Anatoly Kuleshov |
Head of the Presidential Security Service of Belarus | |
In office 20 January 1999 – 25 September 2000 | |
Leader | Alexander Lukashenko |
Preceded by | Vladimir Kuzhanov (acting) |
Succeeded by | Leonid Yerin |
Personal details | |
Born | Vladimir Vladimirovich Naumov 7 February 1956 Smolensk, Soviet Union |
Alma mater | School of the Ministry of the Interior of the USSR |
Profession | Police |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Years of service | 1974–76 |
Uladzimir Navumau (Belarusian: Уладзімір Навумаў, Russian: Владимир Наумов, Vladimir Naumov, also Uladzimir Naumau;[1] born 7 February 1956) is a Belarusian politician accused of human rights violations.
He was Minister of the Internal Affairs of Belarus[2] (2000-2009) and chairman of Belarus Ice Hockey Federation.
Navumau has been accused of violent crackdown of opposition protests following the Belarusian presidential election in 2006 and of being related to the disappearances of opposition leaders in 1999–2000.