Alexander Lukashenko
Venezuela eyes first post-Chavez election
Mar 09, 2013 15:54 EST
Venezuela marched Saturday toward bitter elections to succeed Hugo Chavez after his political heir took power in a move disputed by the opposition following the leftist leader's death.
Chavez political heir takes over after rousing funeral
Mar 09, 2013 09:22 EST
Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro took over as acting president in a ceremony rejected by the opposition after a tearful farewell to Hugo Chavez during a rousing state funeral for the firebrand leftist.
Rousing funeral for Chavez, political heir takes over
Mar 08, 2013 21:42 EST
Venezuela gave late leader Hugo Chavez a lavish farewell that brought some of the world's most notorious strongmen to tears before his chosen successor took office in a disputed move.
Venezuela gives Chavez lavish farewell
Mar 08, 2013 18:46 EST
Venezuela gave Hugo Chavez a lavish farewell at a state funeral Friday that brought some of the world's most notorious strongmen to tears, with music, prayers and a fiery speech by his successor.
Strongmen weep as Venezuela bids farewell to Chavez
Mar 08, 2013 13:21 EST
Some of the world's most notorious strongmen wept openly Friday at the lavish state funeral of Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan leftist whose revolution won him friends and foes at home and abroad.
Latin America leaders, US foes attend Chavez funeral
Mar 08, 2013 11:53 EST
Latin American leaders and US foes pumped their fists in support of a crowd of cheering Hugo Chavez loyalists as they arrived Friday for the leftist leader's state funeral before the nation swears in an interim president.
World leaders gather for Chavez funeral
Mar 08, 2013 09:31 EST
World leaders gathered in Caracas to join throngs of mourners at a state funeral for Venezuela's Hugo Chavez on Friday, while the nation begins life without him with the formal swearing-in of his political heir.
Venezuela to embalm Chavez 'like Lenin'
Mar 07, 2013 22:28 EST
Venezuelans flocked to see president Hugo Chavez lying in state, as his political heir revealed he would be embalmed "like Lenin" and displayed in the barracks where he plotted a failed coup.
Dozens of leaders to Chavez funeral, from Cuba to Iran
Mar 07, 2013 19:35 EST
Venezuelan officials boasted that up to 55 world leaders will attend the state funeral of President Hugo Chavez on Friday, including US bugbears Cuba, Iran and Belarus.
Sea of Venezuelans view Chavez remains
Mar 07, 2013 16:08 EST
Countless Venezuelans filed past the remains of president Hugo Chavez on Thursday, giving the sign of the cross and military salutes as an era ended and elections loomed in the oil-rich nation.
Belarus jails border guard over 'teddy bear invasion'
Feb 19, 2013 02:35 EST
Belarus has convicted and jailed for two years a border guard for failing to report that a foreign plane full of teddy bears had crossed into national airspace from Lithuania last July, the Belarus Supreme Court said Tuesday.
Malala, ex-Eastern bloc activists up for Nobel Peace Prize
Feb 01, 2013 14:15 EST
Malala Yousafzai, the shot Pakistani schoolgirl-turned-icon of Taliban resistance, and ex-Eastern bloc activists are among those known to be nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, as the deadline expired on Friday.
Iran's Panahi, Sotoudeh win Sakharov Prize: MEPs
Oct 26, 2012 09:12 EDT
Film-maker Jafar Panahi and rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh of Iran have won the European Parliament's Sakharov rights prize, lawmakers said in a series of tweeted messages Friday.
Iran's Panahi, Sotoudeh win Sakharov Prize
Oct 26, 2012 06:31 EDT
Film-maker Jafar Panahi and rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh of Iran have won the European Parliament's Sakharov rights prize, lawmakers said in a series of tweeted messages Friday.
Belarus polls after regime loyalists win
Sep 24, 2012 08:50 EDT
Western observers on Monday slammed the weekend election in Belarus as neither competitive nor free, after results showed every seat in parliament was won by factions loyal to authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Belarus polls were not free or impartial: observers
Sep 24, 2012 07:43 EDT
The parliamentary elections swept by government allies in Belarus were neither free, impartial nor competitive, OSCE-led international observers said Monday in a damning indictment of the process.
Belarus opposition shut out in 'pseudo-polls'
Sep 24, 2012 07:03 EDT
Belarus said on Monday that not a single member of the opposition won a parliamentary seat in elections ridiculed by President Alexander Lukashenko's foes as rigged to produce a grossly inflated turnout.
Belarus opposition shut out in 'falsified' polls
Sep 24, 2012 03:05 EDT
Belarus said on Monday that no members of the opposition had made it into parliament in elections ridiculed by President Alexander Lukashenko's foes as brazenly rigged.
Belarus opposition ridicules 'falsified' polls
Sep 23, 2012 18:48 EDT
Belarus on Monday boasted of a massive turnout in parliamentary polls won by supporters of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko but the opposition ridiculed the results as brazenly rigged.
'Doubtful' if Belarus opposition made parliament: official
Sep 23, 2012 18:18 EDT
It was doubtful whether the Belarusian opposition won any of the 110 seats in parliament in Sunday's legislative elections, the election commission chief said after a final vote count.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Alexander Lukashenko Аляксандр Лукашэнка Александр Лукашенко | |
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| Assumed office 20 July 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Vyachaslau Kebich Mikhail Chigir Sergey Ling Vladimir Yermoshin Gennady Novitsky Sergey Sidorsky |
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| Preceded by | Myechyslaw Hryb (Supreme Soviet) |
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Chairman of the Supreme State Council of the Union State
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 26 January 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
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| Born | 30 August 1954 Kopys, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Independent (1992–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (until 1991) Communists for Democracy (1991–1992)[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Galina Rodionovna |
