Presidential contenders' biographies

Born in 1942. Pensioner. Non-party. Lives in Minsk. 110 members in the nomination group.

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Born in 1954 in Minsk. Graduated Minsk Higher Engineer Air Defense School and the Military Command Academy of Air Defense named after Marshall Zhukov. Reserve Lieutenant Colonel. Worked in the Administration of the National Security of the State Secretariat of Belarus.Involved in politics since the beginning of the 90s. Since 1995 - Chairman of the Liberal Democratic party. Has been elected to the House of Representatives. Participated in Presidential elections in 2001 and 2006, gained the third place twice with 2,4-3,5% of votes. Married, has two children. Lives in Minsk district. 10 443 members in the nomination group. Party web-site — http://www.ldpb.net/

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Born in 1966 in Homel. Served in the Soviet army. Worked by working professions, graduated Belarusian State University (distant education), completed post-graduate studies. In 1997-2005 worked as  a research officer in Homel regional museum of local lore, history and economy. In 2006-2009 - worked as a teacher. Involved in the civic and political activity since the beginning of the 90s. In 2003-2007 was an independent deputy of Homel city council. First Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Green Party. Widower, has a daughter. Lives in Homel. 244 members in the nomination group. Party web-site — http://belgreens.org/

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Born in 1971 in Minsk. Graduated Tambov Higher Military Avation Engineering School by the specialization "Radiotechnics" in 1994. Served in the "force structures" of Belarus till 2004. Resigned due to his own wish. Worked as a Deputy Director in a commercial organization. Non-party. Temporarily unemployed. Married. Lives in Minsk. 129 members in the nomination group.  Blog — http://sergej-ivanov-belarus.blogspot.com/

Born in 1957 in Bialynichy district of Mahileu region. Served in the Soviet army. Graduated Belarusian Agricultural Academy (1982), mechanic engineer. In the 80s worked as a  chief engineer, director of the state farm in Bialynichy district. In 1995-2001 - director of Shklou district association of housing and utilities services. In 2002-2004  — director of joint Belarusian-Ukrainian enterprise. Elected as a deputy of local councils three times. Vice-Chairman of the BPF Party. Works as a Deputy General Manager of the JSC "Asvey Construction Company". Married, has three children. Lives in Shklou. 1306 members in the nomination group. Party web-site — http://narodny.org/

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Born in 1949 in Minsk. Works as a Head of the laboratory of the state scientific establishment "United Institute of Power and Nuclear Researches - Sosny" at the premises of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Non-party. Lives in Minsk. 107 members in the nomination group.

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Born in 1954 in Vorsha district. Graduated  historical faculty of Mahileu Pedagogical Institute and the economic faculty of the Belarusian Agricultural Academy (distant education). Worked as a director of the state farm "Haradzets" in Shklou district. Since 1990 - deputy of the Supreme Council of Belarus, the head of the anti-corruption commission. In 1994 won in the second round of Presidential elections. In 1996 conducted a referendum, thus started counting the term of his presidency from the beginning and increased his authorisations. Winner of Presidential elections of 2001 and 2006. Has 3 sons. Lives in Minsk. 8 403 members in the nomination group. Official web-site —  http://www.president.gov.by/

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Born in 1975 in Minsk. Graduated law faculty of Belarusian State University by the specialization "lawyer -political scientist" in 1997. Headed the public association "Association of Belarusian Students". In 2003-2007 - Deputy of Puhavichy district council of Minsk region, coordinator of the Assembly of Deputies of local councils. In 2004-2008 - member of BPF Party, at present moment - non-party. Worked as a deputy director and general manager of a joint enterprise. Since 2005 - anti-crisis manager, accredited by the Ministry of Economics. In 2008-2010 - the lawyer of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union. Speaks Belarusian, Russian, Polish and English. Married, has two daughters. Lives in Minsk. 1795 members in the nomination group.
Web-site — http://mihalevich.by/

Blog —  http://michalevic.livejournal.com/
Twitter — http://twitter.com/michalevic

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Born in 1946 in Smarhon, Hrodna region. Graduated Minsk Technical College of Communications (1966), studied at philological faculty of Minsk Pedagogical Institute, and at poetry faculty of Literarture Institute in Moscow. Since 1972 worked in the newspaper "Znamya Yunosti". Worked as a chief editor of the main editor's office of literary and drama programs of the Belarusian Television (1978-1987), chief editor of the newspaper "Krynitsa" (1987-1998) and the weekly publication "Literature and Arts" (1996-1999). Since 1978 - the member of the Union of Writers of the USSR. In 1998-2001  — Chairman of the directive board of the Union of Writers. In 1999-2003 lived abroad due to political reasons. Headed the Belarusian PEN-center (2005-2009). Since 2010 - initiator of the civic campaign "Tell the Truth". Works as a director of the research and educational establishment "Movement Forward". Married, has a daughter. Lives in Minsk. 3271 members in the nomination group.

Personal web-site — http://nekliaev.org/

Blog — http://niakliaeu.livejournal.com/

Web-site of the campaign — http://zapraudu.info/

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Born in 1959 in Vitsebsk. Graduated Belarusian Polytechnical Institute, builder by education. Since 1991 conducts entrepreneur activity. Best entrepreneur of Belarus in the sphere of rendering services upon the results of the year 2009. Non-party. Married, has two adult children. Lives in Vitsebsk. 187 members in the nomination group. 

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Born in 1966 in the settlement of city type Sapotskin, Hrodna region. Graduated Minsk State Linguistic University, post-graduate studies of the Republican Institute of the Higher School at the premises of the Belarusian State University (department of economical studies). Worked as a teacher, economical observer, deputy chief editor and executive director of the weekly publication "Belarusian Newspaper". Since 2002 - leader of the scientific research center Mises. Executive director of the analytical center "Strategy". Vice-Chairman of the United Civic Party (since 2000), responsible for international relations. Author of 800 publications on economic topics in Belarusian and foreign media, one of the creators of the United Democratic Forces anti-crisis platform. Speaks Belarusian, Russian, English, French and Polish. 1461 members in the nomination group.

Blog — http://community.livejournal.com/romanchuk_by

Party web-site — http://www.ucpb.org/

Born in 1964 in Vitsebsk. Graduated Vitsebsk State Technological University (distant education) by the specialization "economy and governing in household and utilities services", the second specialization "accounting and control of manufacture". Qualification - engineer-economist and accounter-economist. Worked as a director of the store, vice director, director of trading enterprises. Head of the sector of external economic activity of Vitsebsk vegetable and fruit processing plant. Non-party. Divorced, has a daughter. Lives in Vitsebsk. 123 members in the nomination group.

Born in 1975 in Minsk. Graduated Belarusian National Technical University (1997), engineer-builder. Worked by specialization, then organized his own business. Involved into politics since 1996. Was a member of the Coordination Council of "Belarusian Association of Young Politicians", a member of the presidium of the Belarusian National Council of Youth and Children's Civic Organizations "Rada". In 1999 studied at the course of Higher School of State Administration in Germany. Since 2005 participates in creation of the party "Belarusian Christian Democracy", being its Co-Chairman. The party has not been officially registered and exists in the form of a steering committee. Vice-Chairman on Foreign Relations of the Republican civic association "Christian Business Initiative". Married, has a daughter. Lives in Minsk. 1700 members in the nomination group. Party web-site — http://bchd.info

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Born in 1954 in Minsk. Graduated interpreter's faculty of Minsk State Institute of Foreign Languages (1977) and Moscow Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of USSR (1989). Diplomat since the beginning of the 80s. In 1995-1996 worked as a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. In November 1996, just before the referendum, resigned as a protest. Since 1997 - international coordinator of the civic initiative "Charter'97". Organized a series of famous opposition street actions, was arrested and beaten many times. Since 2008 - coordinator of the civic campaign "European Belarus", which sets its goal as entering of Belarus into the European Union. Works as a political observer of the newspaper "Narodnaya Volya". Has a rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador. Fluently speaks Belarusian, Russian, French and English. Married, has two sons. Lives in Minsk. 2003 members in the nomination group. Web-site of the campaign — http://europeanbelarus.org/

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Born in 1956 in Slutsk district. Graduated Minsk Higher Engineer Air Defense School. Candidate of technical sciences, reserve Lieutenant Colonel.  In 1991-1995 headed Belarusian Association of Military Men. Was a Chairman of the Belarusian Social Democratic Hramada, Belarusian Social-Democratic Party (Narodnaya Hramada). In May 2005 sentenced to 3 years of restriction of freedom for organization of street protests against fabrication of the results of parliamentary elections in October 2004 in Minsk (his term was shortened by a year because of amnesty). In 2006 he was considered prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. Leader of the steering committee for creating the Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Narodnaya Hramada". Pensioner of the Ministry of Defense. Lives in Minsk district. 1547 members in the nomination group.

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Born in 1971 in Minsk. Lawyer, graduated Hrodna University (distant education) by the specialization "Law". Worked at the plant "Integral" since he was 16 years old, first as a worker, then as a builder. In 1999-2003 was a deputy of Minsk city council. Director of the publishing office "Trivium" (since 1992). Participated in the local elections in 2010. Approximately 5000 people signed for his nomination as a candidate at one of the districts in Kurasoushchyna (Minsk), when it was necessary to collect just 150 signatures. However, officially he gained only 33%, 8% less than the Chairman of the trade union department of the plant "Integral". Married, has a son. Non-party. 1354 members in the nomination group.

Born in 1950 in Krasnapolle district of Mahileu region. Graduated economic faculty of Homel State University. Worked as a worker, engineer. In 1994 was a head of the administration on territorial affairs of the President's Administration. In 1994-2000 was a Chairman of the Belarusian People's Party. Was nominated as a candidate for President at the elections in 1994 and 2001, but left the distance at the stage of collecting signatures. In 1996-2000 was a deputy of the House of Representatives. Author of dozens of scientific works. Chairman of the Council of the Association of Small and Medium Entrepreneurship. Non-party. Married, has two children. Lives in Minsk. 1301 members in the nomination group.