Syamyon Georgiyevich Sharetski ( be, Сямён Георгіевіч Шарэцкi, Siamion Heorhijevič Šarecki, russian: Семён Георгиевич Шарецкий) was the last acting Chairman of the

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. August 21, 1999, when the 1995–1999 term of the presidency of

Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Luka ...

ended, the deputies of the

which remained faithful of the 1994 Constitution of Belarus (but actually out of power), appointed Sharetsky Acting President of the Republic of Belarus. During 1999-2001 he lived in

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, where he was treated as a representative of the legitimate power of Belarus. Since 2001 he lives in the US, where he was given a status of

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.Семен ШАРЕЦКИЙ: «Я не горю желанием вернуться...»
// ЭМИГРАНТЫ, Народная воля

References

1936 births Living people Members of the Supreme Council of Belarus Presidents of Belarus Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences {{Belarus-politician-stub