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[[File:Alexander lukashenko.jpg|thumb|184px|right]]'''Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko''' (August 30,1954 – )is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_leaders_of_Belarus President of Belarus], having assumed the post on 20 July 1994. 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. | |image = [[File:Alexander lukashenko.jpg|thumb|184px|right]] | ||
|fullname = Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko | |||
|alias = Europe's Last Dictator<br>Bats'ka<br> | |||
|origin = Soviet Union | |||
|occupation = President of Belarus (1994 - present) | |||
|type of villain = Dictator | |||
|goals = Stay in office | |||
|crimes = Human rights violations, political corruption, electoral fraud, [[Anti-Semitism]] | |||
|hobby = }}{{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, August 2003}} | |||
'''Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko''' (August 30,1954 – )is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_leaders_of_Belarus President of Belarus], having assumed the post on 20 July 1994. 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]]</sup> 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. | 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]]</sup> 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. | ||
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