Editing Alexander Lukashenko (section)

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|name = Alexander Lukashenko
|Image = Alexander Lukashenko crop.jpeg
|fullname = Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko
|alias = Aljaksandr Ryhoravič Lukašėnka (Belarusian transliteration)<br>Aleksandr Grigor'evič Lukašenko (Russian transliteration)<br>Europe's Last Dictator<br>Bats'ka<br>Russia's Son of a Bitch<br>Sasha 3%<br>Tarakanishche
|origin = Kopys, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
|occupation = President of Belarus (1994 - present)
|skills = Very high intelligence<br>Extensive political experience
|hobby = Ruling Belarus<br>Playing hockey<br>Farming
|goals = Stay in office (ongoing; successful)<br>Make Belarus similar to Russia (ongoing)<br>Spread propaganda at the Eurovision Song Contest (failed)
|crimes = Tyranny<br>Abuse of power<br>Human rights violations<br>Political corruption<br>Electoral fraud<br>[[Authoritarianism]]<br>[[Censorship]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Mass murder]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Americophobia]]<br>[[Anglophobia]]
|type of villain = Oppressive Dictator}}
{{Quote|My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and I have always admitted it. You need to control the country, and the main thing is not to ruin people's lives.|Alexander Lukashenko}}
'''Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko''' (born August 30, 1954) is the current [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_leaders_of_Belarus President of Belarus]. He assumed the post on 20 July 1994, making him the longest serving and longest current serving European president. However, since the contested presidential election of August 2020, the European Union does not recognize him as the legitimate president of the Republic of Belarus.

Before his career as a politician, Lukashenko worked as director of a state-owned agricultural farm and spent time with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Border_Troops Soviet Border Troops] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Army Soviet Army]. 

When he first entered politics, he was seen as a champion against corruption and was the only deputy to vote against the independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union.

Under Lukashenko's rule, the Belarusian government's conduct has been criticized in reports by international non-government organizations for violations [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Belarus of human rights] and of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law international law]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko#cite_note-8 [8]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko#cite_note-militia-9 [9]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko#cite_note-10 [10]] Belarus has been called "the last true remaining dictatorship in the heart of Europe" by former and current European and American leaders.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko#cite_note-11 [11]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko#cite_note-reuters1-12 [12]]</sup> He and other Belarusian officials are also the subject of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_sanctions sanctions] imposed by the European Union and the United States for human rights violations off and on since 2006.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko#cite_note-13 [13]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lukashenko#cite_note-14 [14]]</sup> His domestic policies are similar to those of the former Soviet Union, maintaining government control over key industries and denouncing the privatization seen in other former Soviet republics. He is also highly [[Homophobia|Homophobic]] with him even saying “It’s better to be a dictator than gay”.