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Stanislav Shushkevich

1934 - 2022

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Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich (15 December 1934 – 3 May 2022) was a Belarusian politician and scientist who served as the first head of state of independent Belarus after it seceded from the Soviet Union, serving as the first chairman of the Supreme Soviet (also called chairman of Parliament or president) from 1991 to 1994. He supported social democratic reforms and played a key role in the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States. He later became an opposition leader against Alexander Lukashenko As a scientist, he was a corresponding member of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Doctor in Physics and Mathematics, recipient of various state awards, professor and the author and originator of textbooks and over 150 articles and 50 inventions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanislav Shushkevich is the 3,966th most popular politician (down from 3,747th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 31st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Belarusian Politician.

Stanislav Shushkevich was the first Prime Minister of Belarus after the fall of the Soviet Union. He is most famous for his role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stanislav Shushkevich ranks 3,966 out of 19,576. Before him are Aristobulus II, Konrad I of Masovia, Emperor Daizong of Tang, Berengaria of Castile, Bahram IV, and José Gervasio Artigas. After him are Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Liu Biao, Chadli Bendjedid, Francesco Morosini, Giuliano Amato, and William Penn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Stanislav Shushkevich ranks 69. Before him are Howard Martin Temin, Brian Epstein, Alfred Schnittke, Kurt Hamrin, Jan Švankmajer, and Bill Russell. After him are Tassos Papadopoulos, Udo Jürgens, Ronald Wayne, Raniero Cantalamessa, Hans Hollein, and Kenzo Ohashi. Among people deceased in 2022, Stanislav Shushkevich ranks 63. Before him are Ash Carter, Lata Mangeshkar, Meat Loaf, Pat Carroll, Bill Russell, and Teresa Berganza. After him are Jerry Lee Lewis, Hannah Pick-Goslar, Claes Oldenburg, Ayaz Mutallibov, Arata Isozaki, and Mehran Karimi Nasseri.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Stanislav Shushkevich ranks 25 out of 368. Before him are Yanka Kupala (1882), Léon Bakst (1866), Ossip Zadkine (1888), Isser Harel (1912), Alexander Parvus (1867), and Pavel Sukhoi (1895). After him are Zhores Alferov (1930), Yakub Kolas (1882), Raphael Lemkin (1900), Mstislav I of Kiev (1076), Sophia of Minsk (1140), and Bronislav Kaminski (1899).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belarus

Among politicians born in Belarus, Stanislav Shushkevich ranks 11. Before him are Chaim Weizmann (1874), Andrei Gromyko (1909), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Sviatopolk I of Kiev (978), Zalman Shazar (1889), and Isser Harel (1912). After him are Mstislav I of Kiev (1076), Maria Kaczyńska (1942), Marek Edelman (1922), Nikolay Krestinsky (1883), Elena Glinskaya (1510), and Lucjan Żeligowski (1865).

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