Alexander Lukashenko
Name in Native Language: "Аляксандр Рыгоравіч Лукашэнка" (Belarusian/BE)
Politician / Director (business) / Political Commissar | * 08/30/1954 (69) | Kopys (Belarus)
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994. This makes him the longest-serving European president. Before embarking on his political career, Lukashenko worked as the director of a state farm (sovkhoz) and served in both the Soviet Border Troops and the Soviet Army. In 1990, Lukashenko was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he assumed the position of head of the interim anti-corruption committee of the Supreme Council of Belarus. In 1994, he won the presidency in the country's inaugural presidential election after the adoption of a new constitution. Lukashenko opposed economic shock therapy during the 1990s post-Soviet transition, maintaining state ownership of key industries in Belarus. This spared Belarus from recessions as devastating as those in other post-Soviet states and the former Eastern Bloc countries which prevented the rise of oligarchy. Lukashenko's maintenance of socialist economic model is consistent with the retaining of Soviet-era symbolism, including the Russian language, coat of arms and national fl...
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Awards & Nominations for Alexander Lukashenko
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" Order of The Cross of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk, 1st Class Order of José Martí Honorary Citizen of Yerevan Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh 1st Class Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy Order of the Liberator Order of St. Prince Vladimir Order of Francisco de Miranda Order of the Republic of Serbia Presidential Order of Excellence 2x Ig Nobel Prize Order of St. Sava Order of Alexander Nevsky Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov, 1st Class Order of the Republic (Moldova) Heydar Aliyev Order Order of Nazarbayev Order of Saint Vladimir Order "for Merit To The Fatherland", 2nd Class Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh Order of Bethlehem Corrupt Person of The Year Order "duslyk"
Movies with Alexander Lukashenko as Actor(3)
as Self - President of Belarus (archive footage)2020 Influence
Born:
Monday, 08/30 1954 (August) in
Kopys (Belarus) (current age:
69 years + 232 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Educated at: Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University, Belarusian State Agricultural Academy, Alexandrya Secondary School
Spouses (current/former): Galina Lukashenko
Children: Nikolai Lukashenko, Victor Lukashenko, Dzmitry Lukashenko
Mother: Katsiaryna Lukashenka
Other names for Alexander Lukashenko (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Aleksandr Lukashenko"
"Alexandre Loukachenko"
"Александр Лукашенкоc"
"Аляксaндр Лукашэнкаa"
"Alyaksandr Lukashenka"
"Бацька" (Nickname)
"Grigoryevich"
"Aljaksandr Lukaschenka"
Alexander Lukashenko frequently works together with these people:
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PEOPLE:1958193, Added: 04/29/2021, Last updated: 03/22/2024