Belarusian People's Front
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BPF Party
Партыя БНФ |
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| Leader | Alaksej Janukevich |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Minsk, Belarus |
| Youth wing | BPF Youth |
| Ideology |
Belarusian nationalism, Christian democracy, Conservatism, Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| National affiliation | Belarusian Independence Bloc |
| European affiliation |
Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe European People's Party (observer) |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union (associate member) |
| Colours | Red |
| Slogan | "Long Live Belarus" |
| House of Representatives: |
0 / 110
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| Council of the Republic: |
0 / 64
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The BPF Party (Belarusian: Партыя БНФ, translit. Partyja BNF or ПБНФ PBNF), is a political party in Belarus. It was founded as the social movement Belarusian Popular Front "Revival" or BPF (Belarusian: Беларускі Народны Фронт "Адраджэньне", translit. Biełaruski Narodny Front "Adradžeńnie" or БНФ (BNF) during the Perestroika era by members of the Belarusian intelligentsia, including Vasil Bykaŭ. Its first and most charismatic leader was Zianon Pazniak.
After a 2005 decree by president Alexander Lukashenko on the restriction of the usage of the words Беларускі ("Belarusian") and "Народны" ("National", "Popular", "People's") in the names of political parties and movements, the party had to change its official name to "BPF Party".
The Belarusian Popular Front was established in 1988 as both a political party and a cultural movement, following the examples of the Popular Front of Estonia, Popular Front of Latvia and the Lithuanian pro-democracy movement Sąjūdis. Membership was declared open to all Belarusian citizens as well as any democratic organization.
Its alleged goals are democracy and independence through national rebirth and rebuilding after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The main idea of the Front was the revival of the national idea, including a revival of the Belarusian language. Initially, its orientation was pro-Western with a great deal of scepticism towards Russia. At one point they propagated the idea of a union from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea that would involve Ukraine, Poland, Belarus and Lithuania, similar to Józef Piłsudski's "Międzymorze".
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