{"id":169439,"date":"2025-12-23T20:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169439\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-promotes-kgb-colonel-bycak-to-major-general","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169439\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka promotes KGB Colonel By\u010dak to major general"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December<\/strong><strong> 23,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has promoted Kanstancin By\u010dak, appointed today as chief of the Investigative Committee, to major general of justice, the Belarusian leader\u2019s press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to the appointment, By\u010dak served as chief of the Investigative Department of the Committee for State Security (KGB). He replaced D\u017amitryj Hora as chief of the Investigative Committee, while the later was named prosecutor general. Hora has served as deputy prosecutor general (2019-21) and chief of the KGB Investigative Department (2009-19).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bychek-ctv-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bychek-ctv-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bychek-ctv-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bychek-ctv-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bychek-ctv-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bychek-ctv.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka tells top security chiefs to suppress any revolutionary attempts<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 23, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has instructed newly appointed top security officials to suppress any attempts at \u201crevolutionary struggle against the existing state system,\u201d his press office reported. The Belarusian ruler described himself as an \u201coutgoing\u201d head of state but &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/169400\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 23,&nbsp;Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has promoted Kanstancin By\u010dak, appointed today as chief of the Investigative Committee, to major general of justice, the Belarusian leader\u2019s press office reported. Prior to the appointment, By\u010dak served as chief of the Investigative Department of the Committee for State Security (KGB). He replaced D\u017amitryj Hora as chief of the Investigative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-169439","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka promotes KGB Colonel By\u010dak to major general | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 23,&nbsp;Pozirk. 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