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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, August 2003}}
{{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''' (born 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.  
'''Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko''' (born 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. However, since the contested presidential election of August 2020, the EU 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]. Since the contested presidential election of August 2020, the EU 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.
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.