Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko[c] (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; [d] born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, [7] making him the current longest-serving European leader. [8][9]

Jan 27, 2025 · Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

Jan 27, 2025 · “Lukashenko’s harsh repressions inside the country and support for Russia’s war in Ukraine has made him a Kremlin satellite,” Karbalevich said. “The Belarusian leader doesn’t like that, and he will try to change the situation after the vote. Lukashenko will try to restore his legitimacy in the West to ease his isolation and to roll ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Lukashenko, who faced no serious challenge from the four other candidates on the ballot, took 86.8% of the vote, according to initial results.

Jan 27, 2025 · Authoritarian Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has secured another victory in an election labelled by Western governments as a sham. The Central Election Committee stated on Monday that ...

Jan 26, 2025 · 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...

Jan 25, 2025 · President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has been making signs of reaching out to the West. He is all but certain to win an election on Sunday.

Jan 26, 2025 · “It is a staged performance by Lukashenko to cling to power at any cost.” Official results released early Monday awarded Mr. Lukashenko yet another landslide victory with 86.82 percent of the ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian politician who espoused communist principles and who became president of the country in 1994. His decades-long autocratic rule, which was characterized by suppression of free speech and widespread election fraud, earned him the nickname ‘Europe’s last dictator.’

Aleksandr Lukashenko is the first President of the Republic of Belarus. He is called “a people’s politician”, “president of the ordinary people ”, “Batka” (father in Belarusian). The life of the Belarusian leader was difficult and packed with events from an early age.