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{{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. He is the only leader of a European country that supports Putin.
'''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].  
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].  
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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]].
 
===Trivia===
*Due to the invasion of Ukraine, he is the only leader of a European country that supports Putin.
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