Yury Karayew

Yury Khadzhimuratavich Karayeu (, , Yuriy Karayev, born 21 June 1966) is a Russian-born Belarusian General of Militsiya. He was the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus from 11 June 2019 to 29 October 2020. He is also a Major General of the Police. Biography Karayeu was born on 21 June 1966 in the capital of North Ossetia, Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz). He graduated from the Saratov Military Institute of the Interior Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union in 1987 and was sent to serve in Mahiliou, Belarus, then part of the USSR. He was later transferred to an operational regiment stationed in Minsk and spent several months serving in the Southern Caucasus during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. In 1996 or 1997, he graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow, Russia.