Nikolay Karpenkov
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus, Commander of Internal Troops of Belarus
Mikalai Mikalayevič Karpiankou (Belarusian: Мікалай Мікалаевіч Карпянкоў, Russian: Николай Николаевич Карпенков, Nikolay Nikolayevich Karpenkov, born on 6 September 1968 in Minsk) is a state security official of the government of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus. He is a Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus and the incumbent Commander of Internal Troops of Belarus.
Biography
Born in Minsk, Karpiankou graduated from the Minsk Suvorov Military School in 1985 and a Tank Military School in Ulyanovsk, Russia, in 1989.
After several years of military service, Karpiankou enrolled to work for the Interior Ministry of the newly independent Belarus.
For some time between mid-1990s and 2003 he served in the Security Service of president Alexander Lukashenko.
Between 2003 and 2010 Karpiankou was commander of Almaz, a special unit of the Interior Ministry. In this role he reportedly participated in political repressions against opponents of Lukashenko, notably during the 2006 Belarusian presidential election. From 2010 till 2014 Karpiankou held various positions in the Interior Ministry. In 2014 he headed GUBOPiK, another unit of the Interior Ministry. On 19 November 2020 Karpiankou was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Commander of Internal Troops of Belarus.
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