Lists of political office-holders in Belarus

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These are comprehensive chronological lists of political office-holders in Belarus since its first independence, in 1918, including its presidents both before and after the Soviet era, and the Soviet leaders themselves, who, unlike the Presidents, were not formal Heads of State.

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List of prime ministers of Belarus (1918–1920)

Belarusian Democratic Republic (1918–20)

No.PortraitName
(Born-Died)
Term of officePolitical Party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Chairman of the Rada
1
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Jan Sierada
(1879–1943)
9 March 191819 May 191871 days BSH
Vacant (19 May 1918 – 1 January 1919)
Chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Workers-and-Peasants' Soviet Government
2
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Zmicier Zhylunovich
(1887–1937)
1 January 19194 February 191934 days Independent
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee
3
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Alexander Miasnikian
(1886–1925)
4 February 191927 February 191923 days CPB
Vacant (27 February 1919 – 13 December 1919)
4
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Pyotra Krecheuski
(1879–1928)
13 December 19194 February 192053 days Independent

Belarusian Democratic Republic in exile (since 1920)

In Vilnius to 1925, then in Prague, presently in Canada:

Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–20)

Chairman of the Central Executive Committee

No.PortraitName
(Born-Died)
Term of officePolitical Party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1
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Kazimierz Cichowski
(1887–1937)
27 February 191931 July 19201 year, 155 days LBSSR

Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1920–91)

No.PortraitName
(Born-Died)
Term of officePolitical Party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Executive Secretary of the Byelorussian Communist Party
5
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Vilhelm Knorin
(1890–1939)
9 August 192030 December 19222 years, 143 days CPB
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Waclaw Bogucki
(1884–1937)
30 December 192212 February 19241 year, 44 days CPB
7
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Aleksandr Osatkin-Vladimirsky
(1885–1937)
12 February 192429 September 1924199 days CPB
8
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Alexander Krinitsky
(1894–1937)
13 May 192422 December 19251 year, 223 days CPB
First Secretary of the Byelorussian Communist Party
9
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Nikolay Goloded
(1894–1937)
22 December 19257 May 19271 year, 136 days CPB
(5)
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Vilhelm Knorin
(1890–1939)
7 May 19274 December 1928211 days CPB
10
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Yan Gamarnik
(1894–1937)
4 December 19283 January 19301 year, 30 days CPB
11
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Konstantin Gey
(1896–1937)
3 January 193018 January 19322 years, 15 days CPB
12
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Nikolay Gikalo
(1897–1938)
18 January 193218 March 19375 years, 59 days CPB
13
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Vasily Sharangovich
(1897–1938)
18 March 193717 July 1937121 days CPB
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Yakov Yakovlev
(1897–1938)
Acting
17 July 19378 August 193722 days CPB
14
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Aleksei Volkov
(1890–1942)
11 August 193718 June 1938311 days CPB
15
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Panteleimon Ponomarenko
(1902–1984)
18 June 19387 March 19478 years, 262 days CPB
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Nikolai Gusarov
(1905–1985)
7 March 194731 May 19503 years, 85 days CPB
17
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Nikolai Patolichev
(1908–1989)
31 May 195028 July 19566 years, 58 days CPB
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Kirill Mazurov
(1914–1989)
28 July 195630 March 19658 years, 245 days CPB
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Pyotr Masherov
(1919–1980)
30 March 19654 October 1980 15 years, 158 days CPB
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Vladimir Brovikov
(1931–1992)
Acting
4 October 198016 October 198012 days CPB
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Tikhon Kiselyov
(1917–1983)
16 October 198011 January 1983 2 years, 117 days CPB
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Vladimir Brovikov
(1931–1992)
Acting
11 January 198313 January 19832 days CPB
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Nikolay Slyunkov
(1929–2022)
13 January 19836 February 19874 years, 24 days CPB
22
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Yefrem Sokolov
(1926–2022)
6 February 198728 July 1990 [1] 3 years, 172 days CPB

Chairman of the Supreme Council

No.PortraitName
(Born-Died)
Term of officePolitical Party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
23
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Mikalay Dzyemyantsyey
(1930–2018)
18 May 199025 August 19911 year, 99 days CPB
24
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Stanislav Shushkevich
(1934–2022)
25 August 199119 September 199125 days Independent

Republic of Belarus (from 1991)

Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1994)

No.PortraitName
(Born-Died)
Term of officePolitical Party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
(24)
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Stanislav Shushkevich
(1934–2022)
19 September 199126 January 19942 years, 129 days Independent
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Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
(born 1947)
Acting
26 January 199428 January 19942 days Independent
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Myechyslaw Hryb
(born 1938)
Acting
28 January 199420 July 1994173 days Independent

President of Belarus (1994–present)

No.PortraitName
(Born-Died)
Term of officePolitical PartyElection
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
25
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Alexander Lukashenko
(born 1954)
20 July 1994Incumbent [2] 30 years, 305 days Independent 1994
2001
2006
2010
2015
2020
2025

Timeline

Alexander LukashenkoMyechyslaw HrybVyacheslav Kuznetsov (politician)Stanislav ShushkevichMikalay DzyemyantsyeyYefrem SokolovNikolay SlyunkovTikhon KiselyovVladimir BrovikovPyotr MasherovKirill MazurovNikolai PatolichevNikolai GusarovPanteleimon PonomarenkoAleksei Volkov (politician)Yakov YakovlevVasily SharangovichNikolay GikaloKonstantin GeyYan GamarnikNikolay GolodedAlexander KrinitskyAlexandr Osatkin-VladimirskyWaclaw BoguckiVilhelm KnorinKazimierz CichowskiPyotra KrecheuskiAlexander MiasnikianZmicier ZhylunovichJan SieradaLists of political office-holders in Belarus

See also

References

  1. July 28, 1990 from Art. 6 of the Constitution of the Byelorussian SSR, the provision on the monopoly of the Communist Party of Byelorussia on power was excluded
  2. A number of countries do not recognize Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus since the 2020 Belarusian presidential election.}