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Alexander Lukashenko

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Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making him the current longest-serving European leader. Before embarking on his political career, Lukashenko worked as the director of a state farm (sovkhoz) and served in both the Soviet Border Troops and the Soviet Army. In 1990, Lukashenko was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he assumed the position of head of the interim anti-corruption committee of the Supreme Council of Belarus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Lukashenko is the 473rd most popular politician (up from 776th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 8th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belarusian Politician.

Alexander Lukashenko is the president of Belarus. He is most famous for being the president of Belarus.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Lukashenko ranks 473 out of 19,576Before him are Volodymyr Zelensky, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Vitellius, Frederick William II of Prussia, Macbeth, King of Scotland, and John Adams. After him are Paul I of Russia, Alcibiades, António Guterres, Isaias Afwerki, Qianlong Emperor, and Philip V of Spain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Alexander Lukashenko ranks 5Before him are Angela Merkel, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Jackie Chan, and François Hollande. After him are Shinzō Abe, Denzel Washington, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Hugo Chávez, Viktor Yushchenko, and John Travolta.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko ranks 4 out of 368Before him are Marc Chagall (1887), Shimon Peres (1923), and Lev Vygotsky (1896). After him are Menachem Begin (1913), Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746), Chaim Weizmann (1874), Andrei Gromyko (1909), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Simon Kuznets (1901), and Chaim Soutine (1893).

Among POLITICIANS In Belarus

Among politicians born in Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko ranks 2Before him are Shimon Peres (1923). After him are Menachem Begin (1913), Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), Chaim Weizmann (1874), Andrei Gromyko (1909), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Sviatopolk I of Kiev (978), Zalman Shazar (1889), Isser Harel (1912), Stanislav Shushkevich (1934), and Mstislav I of Kiev (1076).