Aleksandr Lukashenka
| Alexandr Lukashenko | |
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| Alyaxandr Lukashenka | |
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| 1st President of Belarus | |
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Assumed office 20 July 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Myechyslaw Hryb (Chairman of the Supreme Soviet) |
| Chairman of the Supreme State Council of the Union State | |
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Assumed office 26 January 2000 |
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| Deputy to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus | |
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In office 1990–1994 |
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Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukashenko 30 August 1954 Kopys, Byelorussia, Soviet Union |
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| Spouse(s) | Galina Zhelnerovich (1975–present) |
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Viktor Lukashenko Dmitry Lukashenko Nikolay Lukashenko |
| Website | president |
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Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukashenko (Belarusian: Алякса́ндр Рыго́равіч Лукашэ́нка, translit. Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; IPA: [alʲaˈksand(a)r rɨˈɣɔravʲitʂ lukaˈʂɛnka]; Russian: Алекса́ндр Григо́рьевич Лукаше́нко, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ɫʊkɐˈʂɛnkə]; born 30 August 1954) is the first, and so far the only President of Belarus, having been in office since 20 July 1994. Before launching his political career, Lukashenko worked as director of a state-owned agricultural farm (kolkhoz) and spent time with the Soviet Border Troops and the Soviet Army. He was the only deputy to vote against the independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union.
Lukashenko opposed Western-backed shock therapy during the post-Soviet transition. He has supported state ownership of key industries in Belarus, despite objections from Western governments. Lukashenko's government has also retained much of the country's Soviet-era symbolism, especially related to the victory in the Second World War. Western opponents of Lukashenko have described Belarus as 'Europe's last dictatorship'. Since 2006, Lukashenko and other Belarusian officials have also been the subject of sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United States for human rights violations off and on. He responds that his policies are the only alternative to instability, and have spared Belarus from the poverty and oligarchy seen elsewhere in the former Soviet Republics.
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