The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) ( be, Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя (Грамада́), russian: Белорусская социал-демократическая партия (Громада́), Belarusskaya Social-Demokraticheskaya Partiya (Hromada)) is a

social-democratic Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...

political party in Belarus that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.

History

The party was founded in 2005 after the split within the BSDP (People's Assembly). It considers itself the successor of the historical

Belarusian Socialist Assembly The Belarusian Socialist Assembly, BSA ( be, Беларуская сацыялістычная грамада, translit=Bielaruskaja sacyjalistyčnaja hramada, BSH) was a revolutionary party in the Belarusian territory of the Russian Empire. It wa ...

founded in 1902.

Alaksandar Kazulin Alyaksandr Kazulin ( be, Аляксандр Уладзіслававіч Казулін, russian: Александр Владиславович Козулин, born 25 November 1955 in Minsk) is the former leader of the Belarusian Social Democr ...

, a former rector of Belarusian State University, became the first party leader of the new registered party. The BSDP (People's Assembly) remained without registration and office. At the

legislative elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

in 13–17 October 2004, the party did not secure any seats. These elections fell significantly short of OSCE commitments, according to the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Missio

Its candidate at the 2006 Belarusian presidential election, presidential election of 2006,

, won 2.3% of the vote. In 2011,

Iryna Veshtard ) , membership_year = 2019 , membership = 1,127 , newspaper = ''Adliustravannie'',''Pazicyja'' , youth_wing = Young Social Democrats — Young Hramada , colours = Red White , colorcode = , seats1_title = House of Representatives , seats1 ...

was elected as the new chairman of the party.Solidarity with Belarus Information Office

Ideology and goals of the party

The Belarusian Social Democratic Party belongs to the community of parties associated with the Socialist International. BSDP focuses on Western European social-democratic ideology and is supported by various Western European social democratic parties. The main task of the country's foreign party promotes not only the entry of Belarus into the European Union and NATO, but also promotes the accession of Russia, Ukraine and Moldova.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Legislative elections

Leadership

History of Belarusian social-democratic parties

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References

External links

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OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission, Final Report of the Republic of Belarus Parliamentary Elections, 17 October 2004
{{Authority control 2005 establishments in Belarus Political parties established in 2005 Political parties in Belarus