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1980–1982. 1994–present. Rank. Lieutenant colonel [5] Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko [c] (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; [d] born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994. [7] This makes him the longest-serving European president.
Nov 11, 2021 · Mr. Lukashenko rose to prominence in the early 1990s, casting himself as a populist folk hero against a corrupt, immoral and bullying elite. Armed with a rough rural accent, Mr. Lukashenko took ...
Jun 30, 2023 · Lukashenko seems to have appreciated Prigozhin in his pre-Wagner stage when he was known as “Putin’s chef” because of his lucrative catering contracts with the Kremlin. “He is a good ...
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4 days ago · Alexander Lukashenko (born August 30, 1954, Kopys, Vitebsk oblast, Belorussia, U.S.S.R. [now in Belarus]) is a Belarusian politician who espoused communist principles and who became president of the country in 1994. Lukashenko graduated from the Mogilyov Teaching Institute and the Belarusian Agricultural Academy.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 6, 2023 · The brief mutiny by the Wagner mercenary force last month has given Belarus’s autocratic leader Aleksandr G. Lukashenko an opening to upend his subservient relationship with Moscow. Aleksandr G ...
Oct 2, 2021 · Alexander Lukashenko must be familiar by now with the sound of people who disagree with him. The Belarusian capital of Minsk was thronged with massive protests before and after the disputed ...
Sep 11, 2020 · Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, Europe's longest-serving ruler, is facing unprecedented opposition to his power. The 66-year-old former Soviet farm boss claimed a sixth term as president ...
