Sergey Ivanovich Kalyakin, ''Siarhiej Ivanavič Kaliakin''
russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Каля́кин (born 16 June 1952) is a Belarusian opposition politician who is the current leader of the
Belarusian Left Party "A Just World"
The Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" ( be, Беларуская партыя левых «Справядлівы свет», Bielaruskaja partyja lievych «Spraviadlivy sviet») is a left-wing list of political parties in Belarus, political ...
, until 2009 known as the Party of Communists of Belarus. He is the nephew of
Mikalay Dzyemyantsyey
Mikalay Dzyemyantsyey ( be, Мікалай Дземянцей, Łacinka: ''Mikałaj Dzemianciej'', russian: Николай Дементей, Nikolay Dementey; 25 May 1930 – 10 July 2018) was a Soviet and Belarusian politician who was chairman of ...
, former chairman of the
.
In 1977 he graduated from the
, becoming a radio engineer. In 1992, he received a diploma of political science 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 was a member of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
, founded =
, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
from 1977 until the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
in 1991. Following the 1991 declaration of independence of Belarus, he joined the newly-formed Party of Belarusian Communists.
Kalyakin was a candidate for presidency in Belarus in
2001
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,
2006
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, and
2015
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.
Following his defeat in the 2006 opposition primary, he assisted the ultimately-unsuccessful campaign of
Alaksandar Milinkievič
Alaksandar Uladzimyeravič Milinkyevič ( be, Аляксандар Уладзімеравіч Мілінкевіч, translit=Alyaksandar Uladzimyeravich Milinkyevich, russian: Александр Владимирович Милинкевич, trans ...
against incumbent
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 ...
.
In 2009, he was elected chairman of the
Belarusian Left Party.
Notes
References
1952 births
Living people
Politicians from Minsk
Candidates for President of Belarus
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