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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, an authoritarian leader, has shown much interest in aligning his country with Russia, and no interest in deepening ties with the ever-expanding NATO or implementing Western-backed neoliberal economic reforms.
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* 1954 – Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian politician, 1st President of Belarus
According to the newspaper Soviet Byelorussia, President Lukashenko decided on the anthem on June 12, 2002 and chose to have its first performance on July 3, Belarusian independence day, the anniversary of the date in 1944 when the Wehrmacht was driven away from Minsk by the Red Army.
" The report also mentioned President Lukashenko's ban of the symbols that were used since Belarus's independence in 1991, such as the Pahonia arms and the white, red, white flag, which Lukashenko claims are associated with fascism ( due to the fact that the pro-Nazi Belarusian Central Rada in World War II used these symbols ).
In 2003, Dr. Taras Kuzio wrote in Radio Free Europe that President Lukashenko " is the quintessential Soviet Belarusian patriot who presides over a regime steeped in Soviet nostalgia.
Ivonka Survilla or Surviłła (, born April 11, 1936 in Stoŭbcy, then part of Second Polish Republic ( West Belarus ), now in Minsk Voblast of Belarus, as Ivonka Shymaniets ;, ) is the current President of the Belarusian National Republic ( BNR ), the Belarusian government in exile.
In September 2005, by order of President Alexander Lukashenko, four members of the Belarusian National Front opposition were each fined almost 4 millions roubles ( roughly 1500 Euro ) for celebrating the 491st anniversary of the battle.
Born in the village of Triles, then part of the Stoŭbtsy Raion in the USSR's Minsk voblast ( and now in Belarus ), Lebedko emerged in the 1990s as one of the leading critics of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, whom Lebedko, along with other opposition leaders and many western governments, considers a dictator.
The law expresses the sense of Congress that the Belarusian authorities should not receive various types of non-humanitarian financial aid from the U. S. It also calls for the President to report to Congress on arms sales by Belarus to state sponsors of terrorism and on the personal wealth and assets of senior Belarus officials.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko considers this act an intervention into the internal affairs of Belarus.
In May 2012, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called for her release and wanted to grant her asylum in Belarus.
The candidate is evaluated, and if deemed worthy, the nomination is forwarded to the Council of Ministers and then, after having been allowed by the Governmental Secretariat of the Belarusian Security Council, to the President of the Republic.
Resistance from the Russian Orthodox Church and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, however, meant the visit never happened.
The party said it may consider supporting the candidacy of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for the Presidency of Russia in 2008, a move which was unconstitutional because Lukashenko is not a Russian citizen.
The Belarusian Social Democratic Party ( People's Assembly ) (, Biełaruskaja Sacyjal-Demakratyčnaja Partyja ( Narodnaja Hramada )) is an unregistered social democratic political party in Belarus which opposes the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko.
President Lukashenko stated in his 2003 address to the nation the need for the BRSM to play a key role in Belarusian life:
The Belarusian Presidential Guard or officially the Presidential Security Service ( Служба бяспекі прэзiдэнта Республікi Беларусь ) is a law-enforcement body that was designed to protect the President of Belarus and other high-ranking officials and officers.
Section Four, which is divided into four chapters, outlines the functions of the Belarusian Government, mainly the President of the Republic of Belarus, the Council of Ministers, the Parliament of Belarus and the courts.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko expressed doubt about the future of the CSTO for failing to prevent Bakiyev's overthrow, stating, " What sort of organization is this one, if there is bloodshed in one of our member states and an anticonstitutional coup d ' etat takes place, and this body keeps silent?
" The Belarusian President defended himself against this criticism by citing former Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation of Askar Akayev to Russia after he was ousted as President of Kyrgyzstan during the 2005 Tulip Revolution.
The President is the personification of unification of the Belarusian state when conducting foreign or internal affairs and shall be the main representative when dealing with other nations or international organizations.
As the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Belarusian Armed Forces, the President has the duty to protect the Belarusian territory from internal and external forces.
Belarusian and Alexander
In March 2011, following Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko's crackdown on the Belarusian democracy movement, Spacey, along with Jude Law and others, joined street protests against Lukashenko.
In 2011 Law joined street protests against Alexander Lukashenko and Lukashenko's brutal crackdown on the Belarusian democracy movement.
In late 1993, Alexander Lukashenko, the then-chairman of the anti-corruption committee of the Belarusian parliament, accused 70 senior government officials, including Shushkevich, of corruption, including stealing state funds for personal purposes.
Since it was dropped as the official emblem of Belarus, opposition groups such as the Belarusian People's Front have used the Pahonia as part of their own party symbols or used them as a form of protest against Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
In 2002, however, Alexander Lukashenko has signed a decree requiring 50 % of all FM broadcast music to be Belarusian in origin, and since January 1, 2005 the rule was made even stricter ( 75 % of daily broadcast music must be Belarusian ).
During this time, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko offered Bure a tax-free US $ 4 million salary to play in Belarus, which Bure turned down.
An opponent of Alexander Lukashenko's regime and a supporter of the Belarusian People's Front, he lived abroad for several years ( first in Finland, then in Germany and the Czech Republic ), but returned to his homeland just a month before his death.
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 ".
Vladimir Parfenovich is still engaged in Belarusian politics, actively opposing Alexander Lukashenko.
* On 24 March 2006, Belarusian OMON stormed the opposition's tent camp at the Minsk October Square without provocation, violently ending the peaceful Jeans Revolution against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko.
Alexander Medved ' is also the Olympic coach for the Belarusian freestyle wrestling team.
Of Belarusian / Polish extraction, Gurko was educated in the Imperial Corps of Pages, entered the hussars of the Imperial Guard as a sub-lieutenant in 1846, became captain in 1857, adjutant to Alexander II of Russia in 1860, colonel in 1861, commander of the 4th Hussar Regiment of Mariupol in 1866, and major-general of the emperor's suite in 1867.
Among Belarusian athletes who trained at the university are Ivan Edeshko ( Olympic champion basketball player ) and Alexander Medved ( vice-chair of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus, three-time Olympic and seven-time world champion ).
Alexander Aleksandrovich Bogdanov (; born Alyaksandr Malinovsky, ;, Sokółka, Russian Empire ( now Poland ) – 7 April 1928, Moscow ) was a Russian physician, philosopher, science fiction writer, and revolutionary of Belarusian ethnicity.
Belarusian and Lukashenko
Some educated ( older or middle-aged ) people, for example, the Belarusian president Lukashenko ( esp.
Belarusian and authoritarian
Demonstration by the opposition after the Belarusian presidential election, 2006 | 2006 presidential electionLukashenko was quoted as saying that he has an " authoritarian ruling style " that he uses to run the country.
Belarusian and leader
After the establishment of a Republic on August 25, 1991, Stanislav Shushkevich was selected to be the first Belarusian leader and held this position until 1994.
* Mikhas Brusovanik, pioneer of Belarusian Rock Music, leader of the band Accent and member of the band Otrazhenie
Moishe Lewis ( 1888 — 1950 ) was a Bundist leader in his Polish ( now Belarusian ) hometown Svislosz before he immigrated to Canada in 1922.
* Konstanty Kalinowski ( 1838 – 1864 ), was one of the leaders of Lithuanian and Belarusian national revival and the leader of the January Uprising in the lands of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Article 10 states that the national emblem must be displayed at specified locations on a continual basis, such as the residences of the Belarusian leader, the chamber of the National Assembly and at governmental offices of national and regional levels.
He was one of the leaders of Polish, Belarusian and Lithuanian national revival and the leader of the January Uprising in the lands of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Fabijan ( Fabian ) Abrantovich ( Abrantovič, Abrantowicz ) ( Belarusian Фабіян Абрантовіч ) ( 14 September 1884 – 1946 ) was a prominent religious and civic leader from Belarus.
Pyotr Mironovich Masherov (; ;-October 4, 1980 ) was the first secretary of Belarusian committee of the Communist Party of Soviet Union and a communist leader of Soviet Belarus.
Alaksandar Kazulin, a former rector of Belarusian State University, became the first party leader of the new registered party.
Radasłaŭ Astroŭski (; ; 25 October 1887, Zapolle, Russian Empire – 17 October 1976, South River, NJ, United States ) was a Belarusian nationalist political activist and political leader, notably serving as president of the Belarusian Central Rada, a puppet Belarusian government under German administration in 1943-1944.
By 1989 he was known as a songwriter and singer when he became leader of Belarusian pop band " Reflex ".
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