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1995 Belarusian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 14 May 1995 to elect the thirteenth Supreme Council. The elections took place alongside a multi-question referendum, although several further rounds of voting were required on 28 May, 29 November and 10 December. The majority of candidates elected were independents, although 62 seats remained unfilled due to insufficient voter turnout. A total of 2,348 candidates and 22 parties contested the election, around a thousand of which were independents.Belarus: Elections held in 1995 Inter-Parliamentary Union After the planned two rounds, only 119 of the 260 seats had been filled due to turnouts being too low in some areas. As this was well short of the 174 needed for a quorum, an additional two rounds were necessary. By the fourth round a quorum was reached, and although f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Belarusian Supreme Soviet Election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1990 to elect the 12th Belarusian Supreme Council, twelfth Supreme Council. A total of 1,427 candidates contested the 310 seats, while a further 50 members were appointed by organizations of veterans and invalids. Results In the first round of voting on 4 March, 98 deputies were elected. A second round on 17–18 March saw a further 131 deputies were elected. However, this was still below the quorum of 240. By-elections were subsequently held on 22 April (18 districts) and 5 May (63 districts) resulting in a further 38 deputies being elected. An additional eleven were elected in second rounds held between 10 and 14 May, taking the total number of elected deputies to 278, in addition to the 50 appointed deputies. The Belarusian Popular Front opposition faction was formed by 26 deputies after the elections. BibliographyПалітычная гісторыя незалежнай Беларусі / Па ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarusian Labour Party
The Belarusian Labour Party ( be, Беларуская партыя працы, ''Biełaruskaja Partyja Pracy'') is a social-democratic political party in Belarus, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The leader of the party is Alaksandar Buchvostaŭ. At the last legislative elections, 13–17 October 2004, the party was part of the People's Coalition 5 Plus (''Narodnaya Kaalicyja Piaciorka Plus''), which failed to secure a seat. These elections fell significantly short of OSCE commitments, according to the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission. Universal principles and constitutionally guaranteed rights of expression, association and assembly were seriously challenged, calling into question the Belarusian authorities' willingness to respect the concept of political competition on a basis of equal treatment. According to this mission principles of an inclusive democratic process, whereby citizens have the right to seek political office without discrimi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myechyslaw Hryb
Myechyslaw Ivanavich Hryb, , russian: Мечислав Иванович Гриб, (born on 25 September 1938) is a Belarusian politician who was the eleventh Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus from 28 January 1994 to 10 January 1996. In his capacity as the head of state, Hryb adopted the first Constitution of Belarus. He succeeded Stanislav Shushkevich and was head of state from 28 January to 20 July 1994 until Alexander Lukashenko replaced him in the new office called President of Belarus, which became the new head of state office. He continued as a parliamentary speaker. Hryb is now a politician in the opposition and a member of the Social-Democratic Party. In October 2020, Hryb was appointed by opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to a Public Constitutional Commission as its Chairman, tasked with proposing democratic reforms to the Constitution of Belarus The Constitution of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Канстытуцыя Рэспублікі Белар ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Council Of Belarus
The Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus, sometimes translated as Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Вярхоўны Савет Рэспублікі Беларусь), was the unicameral legislature of Belarus between 1991 and 1996. It was essentially a continuation of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR of 1938–1991 immediately after the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, which in its turn was the successor of both the All-Byelorussian Congress of Soviets (1919–1937) and its Central Executive Committee (1920–1938), and all of which had been the highest organs of state power in Belarus during 1920–1990. During 1990–1996 it func ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civic Party (Belarus)
The Civic Party ( be, Грамадзянская партыя, GP) was a political party in Belarus. History The party contested the 1995 parliamentary elections, winning one seat in the fourth round of voting. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p259 During the same year it merged with the United Democratic Party to form the United Civic Party of Belarus The United Civic Party (UCP; be, Аб'яднаная грамадзянская партыя; АГП, Abjadnanaja hramadzianskaja partyja; AHP; russian: Объединённая гражданская партия; ОГП, Obyedinonnaya grazhdans ....Nohlen & Stöver, p254 References Defunct political parties in Belarus Political parties disestablished in 1995 {{Belarus-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslav Romanchuk
Jaroslav Romanchuk ( be, Ярасла́ў Чэсла́вавіч Раманчу́к; born January 10, 1966) is a Belarusian libertarian economist and politician. He currently works as President of the Scientific Research Mises Center. Life and career Romanchuk was born into a Polish family in Sapotskin, Grodno Region. He graduated from the Minsk State Linguistic University in 1991 and finished postgraduate doctoral studies at the Belarusian State University Belarusian State University (BSU) ( be, links=no, Белару́скі дзяржа́ўны ўніверсітэ́т, ; russian: links=no, Белору́сский госуда́рственный университе́т) is a university in Mins .... He later studied at various educational programmes abroad. In 1994 Romanchuk joined the liberal conservative United Civil Party where he was advisor to Chairman of in 1996–2000. Since April 2000 Romanchuk is Deputy Chairman of the party. From December 1995 till Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarusian Socialist Party
The Belarusian Socialist Party ( be, Беларуская сацыялістычная партыя, ''Belorusskaia socialisticheskaia partiia'', BSP) was a political party in Belarus. History The party contested the 1995 parliamentary elections, winning one seat in the second round of voting. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p258 Its sole MP joined the United Civic Party of Belarus following the election. When the National Assembly was established in 1996, the party was given one seat in the House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c .... The party folded in 1999 after failing to re-register.Nohlen & Stöver, p254 References {{Belarusian political parties Defunct political parties in Belarus Politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarusian Green Party
The Belarusian Green Party (BGP or BPZ; be, Беларуская партыя «Зялёныя»; БПЗ, Bielaruskaja partyja «Zialionyja»; BPZ; russian: Белорусская партия «Зелёные»; БПЗ, Belorusskaya partiya «Zelonyye»; BPZ, literally "Belarusian Party «The Greens»") is an eco-socialist Green party in Belarus which opposes the administration of president Alexander Lukashenko, led by entrepreneur Dzmitry Kuchuk (''Дзмітрый Кучук''). It was created in 1994. The party has an anti-corporatist, anti-globalist platform. History The previous leader of the party until January 2020 was Nastassya Darafeyeva (''Настасся Дарафеева''), who in 2015 succeeded long-time leader Aleh Novikaŭ (''Алег Новікаў''), also known as Lolik Uškin (''Лёлік Ушкін''), who had led the party since 2007. The party has not held seats in the Belarusian parliament since its creation. Ideology In late 2008, the Belar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Gromyko
Oleg (russian: Олег), Oleh ( uk, Олег), or Aleh ( be, Алег) is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine and Belаrus. It derives from the Old Norse ''Helgi'' ( Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "blessed". The feminine equivalent is Olga. While Germanic in origin, "Oleg" is not very common outside Eastern European countries. Russian pronunciation Олег (Oleg) is pronounced ˈlʲekin Russian. The English pronunciation of Oleg is based on the transliteration of the Cyrillic alphabet, and overlooks three key features of the Russian pronunciation: # The stress is on the second syllable. In spoken Russian, the initial short unstressed 'O' is reduced to similar to the 'a' as in 'about'. # The 'л' (l) becomes palatalized to ʲ─ that is, it gains a 'y'-like quality, and but is still most closely approximated by a plain English 'l'. # The word-final final 'г' (g) is devoiced to Thus, rather than "Oh-leg", the phonetically cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarusian Popular Party
The Belarusian Popular Party ( be, Беларуская народная партыя, ''Belorusskaia narodnaia partiia'', BKP) was a political party in Belarus led by Victor Tereshchenko. History Established in 1994, the party contested the 1995 parliamentary elections, winning one seat in the fourth round of voting. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p258 When the National Assembly was established in 1996, the party was not given any seats in the House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c .... The party folded in 1999 after failing to re-register.Nohlen & Stöver, p254 References Political parties disestablished in 1999 Defunct political parties in Belarus {{Belarus-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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