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This is a list of political parties in Belarus. Though Belarus has a de jure multi-party system , however it operates as a de facto one-party system within an Authoritarian State. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The United Democratic Party of Belarus was founded in November 1990 and was the first political party in independent Belarus other than the communist party. Its membership is composed of technical intelligentsia, professionals, workers, and peasants. It seeks an independent Belarus, democracy, freedom of ethnic expression, and a market economy.
This is a list of ruling political parties by country, in the form of a table with a link to an overview of political parties in each country and showing which party system is dominant in each country. A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around special issues with the aim to participate in ...
Belarusians are voting in a closely-managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the one-man rule of Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader.
Only 21 of the 110 elected deputies were members of political parties, with all belonging to pro-government parties; the Communist Party of Belarus emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives with 11 MPs, the Republican Party of Labour and Justice came second with six seats, the Belarusian Patriotic Party won two and the Agrarian Party and Liberal Democratic Party won a seat each.
Putin's election and the Freedom March forced Lukashenko to cancel his plans and maintain a balance between the independence of Belarus and Putin's increasing pressure for further integration of the two countries into the Union State. [20] [21] The Treaty on the Creation of a Union State of Russia and Belarus was signed on 8 December 1999. [22]
The president of Belarus vowed again Friday that his country will not become a part of Russia, ahead of discussions this weekend with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over further improving ...
President of Belarus (1994–present) 2,518,145 Oleg Gaidukevich: Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus: Leader of the LDPB (2019–present) Deputy of the House of Representatives (2019–present) 134,472 Sergei Syrankov: Communist Party of Belarus: First secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (2024–present)