Alyaksandr Naumeka

Major General Alyaksandr Viktaravich Naumeka (Belarusian: Аляксандр Віктаравіч Навуменка; Russian: Александр Викторович Науменко; born in 26 November 1970),[4] is a Belarusian army officer who is currently the deputy minister of defense since 17 June 2024.

[6][7] Naumeka faces sanctions from several governments for presumptive participation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[10] He graduated from the Kharkov Higher Military Command Tank School in 1992.

[11] He served in the 30th Guards Irkutsk-Pinsk Division, and after reduction, he transferred to the 5th Separate Special Purpose Brigade in 2010.

[18] As a high-ranking officer in the Belarusian army, Naumeka was sanctioned in 2022 by the UK, EU, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand for presumptive participation in Belarus's support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.