Viktor Sheiman
Viktor Sheiman | |
|---|---|
| Віктар Шэйман Виктор Шейман | |
| Head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus | |
| In office 29 November 2004 – 5 January 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Ural Latypov |
| Succeeded by | Hienadź Nievyhłas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1958 |
| Party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Blagoveshchenskoe Tank Command Red Banner School, Ministry of the Interior Academy of the Republic of Belarus |
Viktor Vladimirovich Sheiman (Belarusian: Віктар Уладзіміравіч Шэйман, romanized: Viktar Uladzimiravich Sheyman, Russian: Виктор Владимирович Шейман, romanized: Viktor Vladimirovich Sheyman; born 26 May 1958) is a Belarusian politician.
Sheiman has been a close ally of Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko since Lukashenko came to power in 1994. Sheiman was Belarus’ prosecutor general in 2004. Sheiman has been sanctioned by both the European Union and the United States over the human rights abuses, including the disappearances of Lukashenko's critics.
The Pandora Papers leaks revealed that Sheiman and his family secretly owned an offshore company that was active in dealings with Zimbabwe's state-owned mining company at the same time that Sheiman was negotiating trade agreements between Belarus and Zimbabwe on behalf of the Belarusian government.