Siarhei Mikalayevich Skrabets ( be, Сяргей Мiкалаевiч Скрабец; russian: Сергей Николаевич Скребец; born 25 October 1963) is a
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
ian politician and the public figure. He was
deputy of the
House of Representatives of Belarus in the
second election,
floor leader
In politics, floor leaders, also known as a caucus leader, are leaders of their respective political party in a body of a legislature.
Philippines
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of the opposition parliament group Republiс, leader of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Svaboda), chairman of the commission of
penology
Penology (from "penal", Latin '' poena'', "punishment" and the Greek suffix '' -logia'', "study of") is a sub-component of criminology that deals with the philosophy and practice of various societies in their attempts to repress criminal activiti ...
of Belarusian Helsinki Committee, and a participant of the presidential election in 2001 and 2006.
Biography
Skrabets was born in 1963 in
Lida
Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region.
Etymology
The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuan ...
. He has two higher education. He graduated
Belarusian National Technical University
Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) is the major technical university in Belarus.
History
* 1920 — establishment of ''Belarusian State Polytechnic Institute'' on the basis of a ''Minsk Polytechnic school''.
* 1922 — reorganis ...
and
Belarusian State University
Belarusian State University (BSU) ( be, links=no, Белару́скі дзяржа́ўны ўніверсітэ́т, ; russian: links=no, Белору́сский госуда́рственный университе́т) is a university in Mins ...
.
1985-1990 - process engineer, the Research Institute of Automation Facilities (AGAT), Minsk.
1990-1991 - sales manager, technological center "Minsk-Partner", Minsk.
1991-1992 - head of commercial and marketing department, Republic staff of student divisions. Head of commercial and marketing department, Employment service of youth and students.
1993-1997 - sales manager,
joint venture
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"TEYKOF", Minsk.
1997-2000 - general director, the closed joint-stock company "Trade house Bel-Babaevskoe".
2000-2004 - deputy of the House of Representatives of Belarus, vice-chairman of budget, finance and tax politic committee. From May 2003 floor leader of the opposition parliament group
Republiс.
Political activity
He was running for president in the
2001 presidential elections of Belarus. In summer 2004 he took part in the hunger strike of the “Respublika” deputies (
Vladimir Parfenovich
Vladimir Vladimirovich Parfenovich ( be, Уладзімір Парфяновіч; russian: Владимир Владимирович Парфенович, ; born 2 December 1958) is a retired Belarusian sprint canoer and politician.
Sport
Parfen ...
, Siarheyi Skrabets and general Valeriy Frolov), who demanded democratization of the Electoral Code.
He has been the chairman of the central organizing committee of Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Freedom) since 2009.
A criminal case was opened against Skrebets on suspicion of organizing a criminal group. He was detained in May, 2005. The prosecutor's office brought a criminal case against the former deputy under two articles of the Criminal Code: article 13 part 1 (preparation to a crime). 1 (preparation to a crime) and Art 431 part 2 (preparation to bribery). On September 13, 2005 the former deputy was charged with one more crime - illegal participation in entrepreneurial activity. In protest against the charges, Skrebets held four hunger strikes, one of which lasted 40 days. All of the charges practically fell apart as a result of court hearings.
In December 2005 the Central Election Commission registered an initiative group for collecting signatures for the nomination of Sergey Skrabets as a presidential candidate. It was headed by the politician's brother Aliaksandr Skrabets. At that time Skrebets himself was in the investigative isolator of Minsk City Executive Committee #1. In total Skrebets collected 101,618 signatures. (as of January 26, 2006) At the end of January 2006 he withdrew his candidacy in favor of another candidate - ex-rector of Belarusian State University Alexander Kazulin.
On February 14, 2006, Siarhei Skrabets was sentenced to two and a half years of jail. An amnesty was applied to Siarhei Skrebets, in connection with which his sentence was reduced by a year. He was released on November 15, 2006 after a year and a half of imprisonment. During his imprisonment, Sergei Skrebets lost 30 kilos of weight.
In February 2007 he announced his intention to create a new youth democratic movement and to hold a constituent conference of a new opposition youth movement named after Kastus Kalinouski.
On April 15, 2007, at the sixth report-election convention of the Belarusian Social Democratic Gromada, he was elected to the Central Council and the Executive Committee of the Party of Belarusian Social Democratic Gromada headed by
Stanislav Shushkevich
Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich ( be, Станісла́ў Станісла́вавіч Шушке́віч, translit=Stanisłáŭ Stanisłávavič Šuškiévič,; russian: Станисла́в Станисла́вович Шушке́вич; ...
.
In August 2007, he headed the Minsk city organization of the Belarusian Social Democratic Gromada.
Since July 2008, he was elected First Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Social Democratic Gromada.
Since March 2009, he has been the Chairman of the Central Organizing Committee of Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Liberty".
From March 2010 to February 28, 2016 he was General Secretary of Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Narodnaya Gromada)
Tried to run as a presidential candidate in the 2020 presidential election, but later withdrew his candidacy.
Awards
Winner of the "Charter'97" National Human Rights Defense Award in the category "For Personal Courage in Defense of Human Rights," 2005.
Winner of the 2019 František Alechnovič Prize established by the Belarusian PEN Center and the Belarusian editorial boar
Радыё Свабодаfor his book The Price of Freedom, 2019.
Премию имени Франтишка Олехновича получили Сергей Скребец и Александр Пушкин
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References
External links
* http://euroradio.fm/en/karach-skrabets-and-tsyareshchanka-form-coalition-parliamentary-election
* https://spring96.org/en/news/78816
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1963 births
Living people
People from Lida
Members of the House of Representatives of Belarus
Republic (Belarus) politicians