Lukashenko's Mini-Me

The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko has been elected to a fifth-term, having maintained power in the former Soviet republic since 1994. He has sired three sons, but the youngest, Kolya is being groomed as his father's successor.



Kolya made his first public appearance as a three-year-old in 2007, and has been a constant presence at his father's side, often in coordinating outfits.



Lukashenko has said that his son "has never gone to bed and has never woken up without me."

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L), Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (C) and Lukashenko's five-year-old son Nikolai (Kolya) attend the final stage of Zapad 2009 military exercises at Obuz-Lesnovsky firing range near the city of Brest, Sept. 29, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI is handed a children's book by Nikolai, son of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko (L), during their meeting at the Vatican, April 27, 2009.

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko holds his son Nikolai as he casts his ballot in Minsk Sept. 28, 2008.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) welcomes his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko and his son Nikolai (C) at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, June 26, 2012.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (3rd R), Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko (2nd R) and his son Nikolai watch the men's ice hockey World Championship final game between Finland and Russia at Minsk Arena, May 25, 2014.

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko (C) and his son Nikolai (R) arrive for a meeting with Parliament Speaker Oleksander Turchinov (L) in Kiev, June 7, 2014.

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko (R) and his son Nikolai check a potato harvester in a field at the Drozdy presidential residence outside Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 16, 2015.

President Alexander Lukashenko took his son, Kolya, to meet the U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle at the UN headquarters, Manhattan, New York, Sept.27, 2015.