Myechyslaw Ivanavich Hryb, , russian: Мечислав Иванович Гриб, (born on 25 September 1938) is a

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ian politician who was the eleventh

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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

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from 28 January to 20 July 1994 until Alexander Lukashenko replaced him in the new office called

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, which became the new head of state office. He continued as a parliamentary

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. 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. This opposition panel is not recognized by the government of Alexander Lukashenko.

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