President Alexander Lukashenko Name Syamyon Sharetski Allegiance Soviet Union
Belarus | Preceded by Myechyslaw Hryb Political party Agrarian Party | |
Full Name Syamyon Georgiyevich Sharetski Born 23 September 1936 (age 87)
Laurushava, Nowogrodek Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
(now Belarus) ( 1936-09-23 ) | ||
Succeeded by Office was abolished | ||
Syamyon Georgiyevich Sharetski (Belarusian: Сямён Георгіевіч Шарэцкi, Russian: Семён Георгиевич Шарецкий) was the last acting Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus.
August 21, 1999, when the 1995-1999 term of the presidency of Lukashenko ended, the deputies of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus which remained faithful of the 1994 Constitution of Belarus (but actually out of power), appointed Sharetsky Acting President of the Republic of Belarus.
During 1999-2001 he lived in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he was treated as a representative of the legitimate power of Belarus. Since 2001 he lives in the USA, where he was given a status of political refugee.
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