Uładzimir Hančaryk

Belarusian politician and pro-democracy activist
Uładzimir Hančaryk
Belarusian: Уладзімір Ганчарык
Russian: Владимир Гончарик
Personal details
Born
Uładzimir Ivanavič Hančaryk

(1940-04-29) April 29, 1940 (age 83)
Lahojsk, Soviet Union
NationalityBelarusian
Political partyCPSU
EducationRussian Academy of public administration [ru]
Belarus State Economic University

Uładzimir Ivanavič Hančaryk or Vladimir Ivanovich Goncharik (Belarusian: Уладзімір Іванавіч Ганчарык, Russian: Владимир Иванович Гончарик; born 29 April 1940 in Lahojsk, Soviet Union), is a Belarusian politician.

He was the candidate from united opposition forces that stood against Alexander Lukashenko in the 2001 elections for the office of President of Belarus.[1] As he was the candidate from united opposition, he was supported by a fellow opposition candidate Siamion Domash, who withdrew his candidacy and urged his supporters to vote for Hančaryk.[2] Hančaryk failed to become the president, when the electoral committee announced official results, according to which he lost the vote to Lukashenko by a 60 percent margin. The elections were considered fraudulent by independent observers.[3]

Before the elections, he was a chairman of the official Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus. [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "УЛАДЗІМІР ГАНЧАРЫК НАЗВАНЫ АДЗІНЫМ КАНДЫДАТАМ АД ШЫРОКАЙ ГРАМАДЗЯНСКАЙ КААЛІЦЫІ НА ПРЭЗІДЭНЦКІХ ВЫБАРАХ :: Хартыя'97 :: Навiны :: 21/07/2001". Archived from the original on 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  2. ^ "Belarusian Popular Front". Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  3. ^ "Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Europe & Central Asia: Belarus".

Sources

  • 2001 Belarusian election profile[permanent dead link]


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