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|name = Alexander Lukashenko | |||
|Image = Alexander Lukashenko crop.jpeg | |Image = Alexander Lukashenko crop.jpeg | ||
|fullname = Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko | |fullname = Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko | ||
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|origin = Kopys, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | |origin = Kopys, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
|occupation = President of Belarus (1994 - present) | |occupation = President of Belarus (1994 - present) | ||
|skills = Very high intelligence | |skills = Very high intelligence<br>Extensive political experience | ||
Extensive political experience | |||
|hobby = Ruling Belarus<br>Playing hockey<br>Farming | |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) | |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 [[ | |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 | |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}} | {{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. | '''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. | ||
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On 15 August 2020, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius referred to Lukashenko as the "former president" of Belarus. It was reported that President Lukashenko's authorities asked Kremlin representatives about the possibility of Lukashenko escaping to Russia. Furthermore, it was reported that Russia admits that Lukashenko's resignation from the post of head of state is likely. | On 15 August 2020, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius referred to Lukashenko as the "former president" of Belarus. It was reported that President Lukashenko's authorities asked Kremlin representatives about the possibility of Lukashenko escaping to Russia. Furthermore, it was reported that Russia admits that Lukashenko's resignation from the post of head of state is likely. | ||
On 17 August, the members of the European Parliament issued a joint statement which stated that they do not recognise Alexander Lukashenko as the president of Belarus, considering him to be persona non grata in the European Union. On 19 August, the member states of the European Union agreed to not recognise the results and issued a statement saying "The 9 August elections were neither free nor fair, therefore we do not recognise the results". | On 17 August, the members of the European Parliament issued a joint statement which stated that they do not recognise Alexander Lukashenko as the president of Belarus, considering him to be persona non grata in the European Union. On 19 August, the member states of the European Union agreed to not recognise the results and issued a statement saying "The 9 August elections were neither free nor fair, therefore we do not recognise the results". | ||
The governments of the United States, United Kingdom and Canada have also refused to recognise the results. In an interview on 22 August, Josep Borrell explicitly stated that the European Union does not recognise Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus in the same manner that it does not recognise [[Nicolás Maduro]] as the legitimate president of Venezuela. | The governments of the United States, United Kingdom and Canada have also refused to recognise the results. In an interview on 22 August, Josep Borrell explicitly stated that the European Union does not recognise Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus in the same manner that it does not recognise [[Nicolás Maduro]] as the legitimate president of Venezuela. | ||
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Beginning on March 1, 2022, Lukashenko allied Belarus with Russia during [[Vladimir Putin]]'s invasion of Ukraine, sending Belarusian troops to fight alongside Russian troops and providing support to both the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] and the [[Luhansk People's Republic]]. | Beginning on March 1, 2022, Lukashenko allied Belarus with Russia during [[Vladimir Putin]]'s invasion of Ukraine, sending Belarusian troops to fight alongside Russian troops and providing support to both the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] and the [[Luhansk People's Republic]]. | ||
This involvement is due to a debt to the president of the Russian federation, who helped him undermine protests and rig elections to stay in power, Lukashenko has always been reluctant to engage in military aggression. | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*He, [[Dmitry Medvedev]], Gerhard Schröder, Jacques Chirac, [[Silvio Berlusconi]], Tarja Halonen, Vaclav Klaus, [[Aleksandar Vučić]], [[Viktor Orbán]], [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], Zoran Milanović, Panos Kammenos, Michael I of Romania, [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], Robert Fico, Rumen Radev, Igor Dodon and [[Viktor Yanukovych]] is the only leaders of a European country that supports Putin. | |||
*He is one of Putin's three closest allies during the Ukrainian invasion. The other 2 being [[Viktor Yanukovych]] and [[Ramzan Kadyrov]]. | |||
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