President of the Republic of Belarus
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He has held the presidency of Belarus since 1994 — longer than any sitting European head of state — through elections international observers stopped calling free after the first one. The term "Europe's last dictator" trails him, along with sanctions, mass protests, and contested results that led multiple Western governments to stop recognising his legitimac
Born 30 August 1954 in Kopys, Lukashenko worked as a state farm director and served in Soviet border and army units before entering politics. Elected to the Supreme Soviet in 1990, he led an anti-corruption committee after the USSR dissolved, then won Belarus's first presidential election in 1994. He resisted shock-therapy economics, kept Soviet symbolism and state industries intact — moves supporters say spared Belarus the oligarchic collapse seen elsewhere. Referendums in 1995 and 1996 consolidated his power; he gained the authority to dismiss parliament and tightened control steadily. By 20…
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As for those who are screaming about dictatorship...when I hear that come up I think that it is better to be a dictator - than to be gay.
Aggression has been committed, and the country's leadership, not only Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed. And how was he killed?
If someone is a lesbian, it's man's fault.
I look at Obama, a young man, a good-looking person. That is my first impression, I feel sorry for him.
My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and I have always admitted it.
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