Alexander Dabravolski

Alexander Alherdavich Dabravolski (Belarusian: Алякс́андр Альѓертавіч Дабрав́ольскi; born November 23, 1958, in Sula, Minsk Voblast, Byelorussian SSR) is a Belarusian politician, lawyer, and radio physicist.

He helped found the United Democratic Party of Belarus (UDPB) and became involved in the opposition, serving as the vice-chairman of United Civil Party (UCP) from 1995 to 2006. He is currently the director of the East European School of Political Studies and a member of the Political Council of the United Civil Party.

Dabravolski attended Belarusian State University. In 1982, he graduated from the Radio Physical Department, and in 1995 he graduated from the Department of Law.

His wife is a teacher and his son and daughter are both students.

He worked as an engineer-designer and a scientific fellow from 1982 to 1989 before he was elected as a MP of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to represent the Minsk territorial district in 1989. He spent time working in the Committee on Industry before serving as Vice-Chairman in the Committee on Human Rights and Freedoms.

In the First Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR, he became a member of the Inter-regional Deputy Group – the first democratic parliamentary opposition in the USSR where he worked with Andrei Sakharov, Boris Yeltsin, Anatoly Sobchak, and Vasil Bykov. He was one of the founders of the United Democratic Party of Belarus (UDPB), established in 1990. The UDPB was the first opposition political party registered in Belarus.

...
Wikipedia