Sergey Kalyakin

Sergey Kalyakin (Belarusian: Каля́кін Сярге́й; b. June 16, 1952 in Minsk) is a politician, leader of the Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" (till 2009 - the Party of Communists of Belarus).

The nephew of Mikalay Dzyemyantsyey, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR.

In 1977 he graduated from the Minsk Radio Engineering Institute, radio engineer qualification. In 1992 he received a diploma of political scientist at the Belarusian State University. He was a member of the CPSU since 1977. In 1991, he joined the newly formed Communist Party of Belarus.

Kalyakin was a candidate for presidency in Belarus in 2001 and one of the potential candidates for the presidency in 2006 (after the defeat in the primaries became the head of the electoral headquarters of Milinkevich). In 2009, he was elected chairman of the Belarusian Left Party "A Just World". Kalyakin runs as a candidate in the Belarusian presidential election of 2015.