Stanislau Shushkevich
| Stanislau Shushkevich | |
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| Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus | |
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In office August 15, 1991 – January 26, 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | Viachaslau Kebich |
| Preceded by | Inaugural |
| Succeeded by | Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Kuznetsov (acting) |
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December 15, 1934 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly |
| Alma mater | Belarusian State University |
| Profession | Scientist |
Stanislau Stanislavavich Shushkevich (Belarusian: Станісла́ў Станісла́вавіч Шушке́віч, Łacinka: Stanisłaŭ Stanisłavavič Šuškievič; Russian: Станисла́в Станисла́вович Шушке́вич; born December 15, 1934 in Minsk) is a Belarusian politician and scientist. From September 28, 1991 to January 26, 1994 he was the first leader and head of state of independent Belarus after the dissolution of the Soviet Union (Chairman of the Supreme Soviet - also chairman of Parliament). He supported free market and democratic reforms and played a key role in the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
As a scientist, he is a Corresponding Member of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Doctor in Physics and Mathematics, recipient of various state awards, professor, and the author and originator of textbooks and over 150 articles and 50 inventions.
On December 8, 1991, in Belavezhskaya Pushcha and together with the leaders of Russia (Boris Yeltsin) and Ukraine (Leonid Kravchuk), he signed a declaration that the Soviet Union was dissolved and replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States; the declaration later became known as the "Belavezha Accords".
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