“They left me in the ward and locked the door. I screamed, I banged on the door - but no one came to help me. When they finally let me out, my husband was gone. I have no idea where he is now.”
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Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko is a Belarusian politician and statesman who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making him the current longest-tenured European president.
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politics · President of Belarus since 1994 · politician · director · political commissar · teacher · economist · also Alexander Lukashenka, Alexander Lukashenko, Alexander Ryhoravich Lukashenka, Lukashenko Aleksandr Grigorevich, Alaksandar Łukašenka, Alaksandar Ryhoravič Łukašenka
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You saw how our law-enforcers behaved. They stood firm and acted exclusively within the bounds of the law. They defended the country and people from barbarism and ruin.
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2026· 12 entries
“You saw how our law-enforcers behaved. They stood firm and acted exclusively within the bounds of the law. They defended the country and people from barbarism and ruin.”
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“generally well conducted, but the process deteriorated considerably during the vote count”
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“hockey team out of competition with a 4-1 quarterfinal victory Wednesday. Lukashenko, who also heads Belarus”
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“This is a Jewish city, and the Jews are not concerned for the place they live in. They have turned Babruysk into a pigsty. Look at Israel—I was there and saw it myself [...] I call on Jews who have money to come back to Babruysk.”
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“aggression has been committed, and the country”
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“We will finish working on a special program, we will decide how many potatoes we need for the domestic market, how many potatoes we can sell”
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“I am neither with the leftists nor the rightists. But with the people against those who rob and deceive them.”
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Витебский областной исполнительный комитет: Alexander Lukashenko made a working trip to the Vitebsk region
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Витебский областной исполнительный комитет: Alexander Lukashenko: Thanks to the Slavic Bazaar, the world got acquainted with Belarus
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Витебский областной исполнительный комитет: Details of the working meeting between Alexander Lukashenko and Alexander Subbotin
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The Wall Street Journal: Alexander Lukashenko
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2025· 2 entries
Yahoo: Who is Europe’s ‘last dictator’ Alexander Lukashenko?
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“s migration plans have raised concerns in neighboring Poland and among the Belarusian public. In August 2025, Lukashenko announced that he was”
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2024· 2 entries
Awarded Order "Duslyk" (2024).
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Awarded Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called (2024).
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2023· 2 entries
“s agreement, he had negotiated with Yevgeny Prigozhin to end the Wagner Group rebellion. Lukashenko told Prigozhin that they would be squashed like bugs if they tried to enter Belarus by force and warned that Putin would never agree to remove top generals, including Defense minister Sergei Shoigu. He promised to accommodate Wagner”
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Allowing some Wagner soldiers to cross the country's border unhindered and settle in Belarus
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2022· 1 entry
Was blacklisted by New Zealand and Japan on the same grounds
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2021· 3 entries
Awarded Person of the Year in Organized Crime and Corruption (Ironic denominación, not a real award) (2021).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Council of CIS Heads of State (2021–2021).
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“I will sign a decree about how the power in Belarus will be set up. If the President is shot the security council will get the power.”
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2020· 5 entries
Awarded Ig Nobel Prize (2020).
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Claimed: ““People on tractors are working, nobody is talking about the virus. There the tractors will cure everybody. The field cures everyone!”” — rated False by VOA.
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“Opis: odpowiedź na pytanie, kto wygra wybory prezydenckie 9 sierpnia 2020.”
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“s health service have commented on this statement. On 12 August 2021, Lukashenko stated that he was strongly opposed to making vaccination mandatory.”
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“There, the tractor will heal everyone. The fields heal everyone”
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Nazarbayev (2019).
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2017· 1 entry
Claimed: “"This is an open exercise and we invite or have already invited a huge number of observers. Please come and watch it."” — rated Unclear by VOA.
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the Republic (2016).
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Awarded Heydar Aliyev Order (2016).
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov, 1st class (2015).
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Lukashenko sought to improve trade relations between Belarus and Latin America
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2014· 3 entries
Awarded Order of St. Sava (2014).
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Awarded Order of Alexander Nevsky (2014).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Council of CIS Heads of State (2014–2014).
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2013· 4 entries
Awarded Presidential Order of Excellence (2013).
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Awarded Order of the Republic of Serbia (2013).
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Awarded Ig Nobel Prize (2013).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Council of CIS Heads of State (2013–2013).
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2012· 3 entries
The chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Wu Bangguo noted that Belarus has been rapidly developing under Lukashenko
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Of the associated low-tax China–Belarus Industrial Park near Minsk National Airport, planned to grow to 112 square kilometres (43 sq mi) by the 2060s
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Reveals Vadim Zaitsev, the KGB chairman at the time, discussing the murder plot with two officers from the KGB's Alpha Group, an elite counter-terrorism unit
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2011· 1 entry
After the government announced that average salaries would increase to US$500
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Francisco de Miranda (2010).
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2009· 2 entries
Allegedly stemming from Belarus' refusal to recognise the republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in exchange for a $500 million loan, in the aftermath of the Russo-Georgian War
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Lukashenko has said that his actual birthday is 31 August, the same as his son Nikolai's
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Liberator (2007).
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Awarded Order of St. Prince Vladimir (2007).
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Awarded Order of St. Vladimir (2007).
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2006· 1 entry
Lukashenko said that people who speak Belarusian language cannot do anything, because nothing great can be expressed in the Belarusian language as it is a poor language, whereas there are only two great languages in the
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2005· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy (2005).
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Opposition groups began to seek a single candidate
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“For development of the world festival movement”
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh (2002).
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Awarded Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh 1st class (2002).
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded honorary citizen of Yerevan (2001).
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Stated his intention to improve the social welfare of his citizens and to make Belarus "powerful and prosperous
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Order of José Martí (2000).
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1999· 2 entries
Opposition leaders Yury Zacharanka and Viktar Hanchar together with his business associate Anatol Krasouski disappeared
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Lukashenko suggested to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević that Yugoslavia join the Union of Russia and Belarus
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Cross of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk, 1st Class (1998).
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1997· 2 entries
Won Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (1997).
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“In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow”
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1996· 1 entry
Further facilitated his consolidation of power
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1995· 1 entry
Lukashenko made a remark in which he named Adolf Hitler as a role model for his presidential system in Belarus: "The history of Germany is a copy of the history of Belarus
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1994· 30 entries
“Opis: o dwóch braciach skazanych na karę śmierci za zabójstwo nauczycielki.”
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Making him the current longest-tenured European president
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Won the presidency in the country's inaugural presidential election after the adoption of a new constitution
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The Russification policy of the Russian Imperial and Soviet era was renewed
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“Był 87. rok. Gorbaczow wtedy często zwoływał narady i na jedną z nich skierowano kierownictwo Komunistycznej Partii Białorusi. Prowadził ją bardzo ostro. Kąsał mnie na trybunie przez 13 minut pytaniami tak, że wyszedłem i wyżąłem swoją marynarkę, bo przemokła na wskroś. Ale Gorbaczow zapamiętał, że z nim polemizowałem.”
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“Opis: o relacjach z opozycją, w szczególności o byłych przewodniczących parlamentu: Siamionie Szareckim, Mieczysłauie Hrybie i Stanisłauie Szuszkiewiczu.”
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“Chcę uprzedzić ambasadę Polski. Nie myślcie, że białoruscy Polacy to nie obywatele Białorusi! To nasi obywatele! Nie damy im robić wody z mózgu.”
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“Opis: w rozmowie z kardynałem Kazimierzem Świątkiem.”
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“Co do miliardów Łukaszenki, to mogę tylko powtórzyć: weźcie je sobie. 60 procent zabrał Cypr, a resztę niech weźmie ten, kto je znajdzie.”
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“Gdyby nie udało się przeprowadzić strategicznego kursu na unię z Rosją, oznaczałoby to dla mnie śmierć polityczną.”
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“Do tej pory nie byłem w USA w celu omówienia dwustronnych stosunków i myślę, że i tym razem obejdę się bez tego.”
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“Droga, którą idą ku sobie Białoruś i Rosja, nie jest usłana różami. Tym bardziej budowa Związkowego Państwa wymaga od obydwu stron cierpliwości i wzajemnego szacunku. Na nienaruszalnym fundamencie pamięci i wspaniałych tradycji zbudujemy nowy kraj – silny, wolny i niezależny.”
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“Dziś uważnie obserwujemy zmieniającą się mapę świata i świetnie wiemy, jak obronić swoją suwerenność i terytorium. Mamy takie siły, które są zdolne obronić nasz naród i prowadzić walkę na światowym poziomie.”
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Career landmark: President of Belarus (1994).
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“Opis: motto kampanii prezydenckiej przed wyborami 1994.”
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“Jeśli Rosja chce zburzyć Związek Białorusi i Rosji, to niech to robi bez naszego udziału.”
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“Opis: wypowiedź do pracownika mleczarni w trakcie inspekcji.”
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“People who speak Belarusian can not do anything except talk on it, because it is impossible to express anything great in Belarusian. The Belarusian language is a poor language. There are only two great languages in the world. Russian and English.”
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“Opis: podczas dziesiątej sesji Zgromadzenia Parlamentarnego Związku Białorusi i Rosji.”
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“Opis: kondolencje po śmierci Andrzeja Leppera.”
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“I look at Obama, a young man, a good-looking person. That is my first impression, I feel sorry for him. He looks 100% like Lukashenko, when I came to power after the downfall of the Soviet Union. The store shelves were empty, a severe financial crisis.”
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“Będziemy popierać i wzmacniać państwowe media, jako że jest to jedna z ideologicznych instytucji władzy. Krytykujcie władze, ale róbcie to obiektywnie i oryginalnie, nie schodźcie do poziomu prasy brukowej.”
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“Białoruś jest jednym z niewielu państw w świecie, które może być dumne z dużej liczby ładnych kobiet. One są bogactwem całego narodu.”
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“Opis: podczas telewizyjnej debaty rolnej.”
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“I view the collapse of the Soviet Union as a disaster that entailed and still brings about negative consequences around the world. We got nothing good from this break-up.”
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“Opis: w czasie rozmowy z Aleksandrem Karlinem.”
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“Minsk will become the capital of the United States in two years.”
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“Białoruś przestrzega zasad naszej cywilizacji – demokracji i praw człowieka jest u nas nie mniej niż w państwach Unii Europejskiej. Jedno co nas odróżnia – nie stosujemy podwójnych standardów.”
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“We'll massacre all the scum that you [the West] have been financing. Oh, you're upset we've destroyed all your structures! Your NGOs, whatever they are, that you've been paying for.”
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“Budowniczy nowego ładu światowego bezlitośnie depczą podkutymi butami kraje, które nie chcą podporządkować się ich samowoli. A jeśli zbrojna ingerencja jest niemożliwa, próbują zniszczyć niezależne państwo od wewnątrz.”
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1993· 1 entry
To US$5,830 (equivalent to $6,927 in 2025) at the end of 2011
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1990· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus (1990–1994).
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Lukashenko was elected a Deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR
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Lukashenko was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
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1987· 1 entry
Was appointed as the director of the Gorodets state farm in Shklow district, and in early 1988, he was one of the first in the Mogilev Region to introduce a leasing contract to a state farm
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1985· 1 entry
Studied at Faculty of Economy of the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy (1985).
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1979· 1 entry
Joined the ranks of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Communist Party of Byelorussia
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1975· 1 entry
Studied at Mahilyow State A. Kulyashow University (1975).
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1973· 1 entry
Of the UN Security Council and are in breach of its principal goal, ensuring safety of the civilian population
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1954· 2 entries
Born 1954-08-30.
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“new constitution was adopted. In December, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to exclude until further notice all members of the Belarusian Olympic Committee from all IOC events, specifically targeting Lukashenko who was elected as its chairman in 1997. On 17 April 2021, Russia”
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