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Revision as of 17:09, March 31, 2013
| Alexander Lukashenko | |
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| Personal life | |
| Date and place of birth | August 30, 1954 Kopys, Vitebsk oblast, Belarus |
| Parents | unknown |
| Claimed religion | Atheist |
| Education | Agricultural academy, Horky Mogilev State University |
| Spouse | Galina Lukashenko |
| Children | Kolja Viktor Dzmitry Lukashenko |
| Dictatorial career | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Military service | {{{military}}} |
| Highest rank attained | {{{rank}}} |
| Political beliefs | Socialism |
| Political party | Belaya Rus |
| Date of dictatorship | 1994 |
| Wars started | n/a |
| Number of deaths attributed | n/a |
Alexander Lukashenko is the dictator of Belarus since 1994. During his tenure, he has been admonished by the United States, European Union and other organizations for suppressing democracy and trying to re-instill Soviet practices on the country. Due to unfair election practices, such as accusations of squashing free press and election rigging, Lukashenko was issued travel bans by the United States and the EU. He has good relationships to Russia, Kazakhstan and Venezuela. In 2012 Lukashenko made a law to force people to work.[1] After the gay german foreign minister Guido Westerwelle called him an dictator, Lukashenko answered "it is better to be a dictator than gay".[2]
Pre-politics
Lukashenko was born in Kopys, a city in the Vitebsk oblast in 1954. After high school, Lukashenko graduated from Mogilev State University and the Belarusian Agricultural Academy and served time with the Soviet Frontier (Border) Guards. [3]