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

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which opposes the administration of president

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian language, Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian language, Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лука� ...

, 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

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since its creation.

Ideology

In late 2008, the Belarusian Green Party created a special commission on

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, becoming the first political party in Belarus to officially announce support for the LGBT community. The Belarusian Green Party opposes the practice of the

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, and Belarus remains the last country in Europe with capital punishment. The party has also sharply criticized the US government for continuing to permit the death penalty at a state level. Members of the party strongly protested the executions of Dmitri Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalev, who were convicted of the

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in a controversial trial. The party is an associate member of the

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Electoral history

Presidential elections

Legislative elections

References

External links

* 1994 establishments in Belarus Ecosocialist parties European Green Party Global Greens Green parties in Europe Political parties established in 1994 Political parties in Belarus Socialist parties in Belarus {{Belarus-party-stub