The Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly (BSDH; be, Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная Грамада; БСДГ, Bielaruskaja sacyjal-demakratyčnaja Hramada; russian: Белорусская социал-демократическая Грамада; БСДГ, Belorusskaya sotsial-demokraticheskaya Gramada; BSDG), commonly shortened to "Hramada" or "The Assembly", 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 R ...
ian
social-democratic political party. Businessman
Siarhiej Čeračań has been the leader of the party since October 2018.
Leadership
The previous head of the party from 1998 to 2018 was
Stanislav Shushkevich
Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich ( be, Станісла́ў Станісла́вавіч Шушке́віч, translit=Stanisłáŭ Stanisłávavič Šuškiévič,; russian: Станисла́в Станисла́вович Шушке́вич; ...
, who has the distinction of having been the first
head of state of the Republic of Belarus after its independence from the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
, between 1991 and 1994. After running unsuccessfully for president in the
1994 election, he did not participate in politics again until helping to form the party in 1998. In 2004 he was not allowed to register as a candidate and so in the
2010 presidential election he was a supporter of candidate
Andrei Sannikov
Andrei Olegovich Sannikov (or Andrei Sannikau, be, Андрэй Алегавіч Саннікаў, russian: Андрей Олегович Санников, born 8 March 1954) is a Belarusian politician and activist. In the early 1990s, he headed ...
.
History
* 1991 — Creation of the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly, with
Aleh Trusaŭ Aleh is a transliteration from Belarusian Алег of the Eastern Slavic name Oleg. It is sometimes spelled as "Aleg".
Notable people
*Jo Aleh (born 1986), New Zealand sailor, national champion, world champion, Olympic champion
Places
*Pareh Ale ...
as a chairman.
* 1992 —
Aleh Trusaǔ becomes party chairman.
* 1996 — Association with
Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord
The Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord ( be, Сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя Народнай Згоды) is a political party in Belarus. It was created in 1997, and is led by Siarhiej Jermak. It supports the governme ...
, formation of the
.
* 1998 — Reconstruction of the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly,
Stanisłaŭ Šuškievič becomes chairman.
* 2016 — The party boycotts the
2016 Belarusian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 11 September 2016.
Electoral system
The 110 members of the House of Representatives were previously elected using the two-round system. However, a new electoral code was introduced in 2013, aboli ...
s.
* 2018 — Siarhiej Čeračań becomes party chairman.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
Legislative elections
See also
*
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 ...
References
External links
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1991 establishments in Belarus
Political parties established in 1991
Political parties in Belarus
Pro-European political parties in Belarus
Social democratic parties in Belarus
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