Halina Lukashenka was granted merit certificate for prominent services to the State

The official wife of the Belarusian president has been granted a Certificate of merit of the Council of Ministers.

A resolution about that was signed on January 8, 2010, “Narodnaya Volya” informs.

As noted in the document, Halina Lukashenka was awarded for “long productive service, wide-ranging community work, considerable personal contribution to organizing health improvement and resort treatment of the population in Shklou district”.

The wide public knows almost nothing what mother of Dzmitry and Viktar Lukashenka does. Halina Lukashenka makes a public appearance extremely rarely.

The wife of Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who was a schoolmate of the last dictator of Europe once, has never taken part in official events, in trips of her husband and has never been abroad. As said by her, she not so keen on such activities. However from time to time she holydays in “Belarus” spa resort in Sochi. It is known from mass media that she lives in a village of Ryzhkavichy and her lifestyle is very simple. In British press once there were pictures of Halina Lukashenka milking a cow. The woman has two sons and four grandchildren, however her marriage is a mere formality. The public was finally convinced of that after last year Alyaksandr Lukashenka presented to the world his five-year old son Kolya (Mikalay), born out of wedlock.

It should be noted that the Certificate of merit of the Council of Ministers is given for achievements in state, economic, social and cultural construction and strengthening the defense potential of Belarus.