Lists of political office-holders in Belarus

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These are comprehensive chronological lists of political office-holders in Belarus 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.

List of prime ministers of Belarus (1918–1920)

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Belarusian Democratic Republic (1918–20)

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

Belarusian Democratic Republic in exile (since 1920)

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

Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–20)

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Chairman of the Central Executive Committee

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No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)
Term of office Political Party
Took office Left office Time in office
1Kazimierz Cichowski
(1887–1937)
27 February 191931 July 19201 year, 155 daysLBSSR

Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1920–91)

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No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)
Term of office Political Party
Took office Left office Time in office
Executive Secretary of the Byelorussian Communist Party
5Vilhelm Knorin
(1890–1939)
9 August 192030 December 19222 years, 143 daysCPB
6Waclaw Bogucki
(1884–1937)
30 December 192212 February 19241 year, 44 daysCPB
7Aleksandr Osatkin-Vladimirsky
(1885–1937)
12 February 192429 September 1924199 daysCPB
8Alexander Krinitsky
(1894–1937)
13 May 192422 December 19251 year, 223 daysCPB
First Secretary of the Byelorussian Communist Party
9Nikolay Goloded
(1894–1937)
22 December 19257 May 19271 year, 136 daysCPB
(5)Vilhelm Knorin
(1890–1939)
7 May 19274 December 1928211 daysCPB
10Yan Gamarnik
(1894–1937)
4 December 19283 January 19301 year, 30 daysCPB
11Konstantin Gey
(1896–1937)
3 January 193018 January 19322 years, 15 daysCPB
12Nikolay Gikalo
(1897–1938)
18 January 193218 March 19375 years, 59 daysCPB
13Vasily Sharangovich
(1897–1938)
18 March 193717 July 1937121 daysCPB
Yakov Yakovlev
(1897–1938)
Acting
17 July 19378 August 193722 daysCPB
14Aleksei Volkov
(1890–1942)
11 August 193718 June 1938311 daysCPB
15Panteleimon Ponomarenko
(1902–1984)
18 June 19387 March 19478 years, 262 daysCPB
16Nikolai Gusarov
(1905–1985)
7 March 194731 May 19503 years, 85 daysCPB
17Nikolai Patolichev
(1908–1989)
31 May 195028 July 19566 years, 58 daysCPB
18Kirill Mazurov
(1914–1989)
28 July 195630 March 19658 years, 245 daysCPB
19Pyotr Masherov
(1919–1980)
30 March 19654 October 1980 †15 years, 158 daysCPB
Vladimir Brovikov
(1931–1992)
Acting
4 October 198016 October 198012 daysCPB
20Tikhon Kiselyov
(1917–1983)
16 October 198011 January 1983 †2 years, 117 daysCPB
Vladimir Brovikov
(1931–1992)
Acting
11 January 198313 January 19832 daysCPB
21Nikolay Slyunkov
(1929–2022)
13 January 19836 February 19874 years, 24 daysCPB
22Yefrem Sokolov
(1926–2022)
6 February 198728 July 1990[1]3 years, 172 daysCPB

Chairman of the Supreme Council

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No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)
Term of office Political Party
Took office Left office Time in office
23Mikalay Dzyemyantsyey
(1930–2018)
18 May 199025 August 19911 year, 99 daysCPB
24Stanislav Shushkevich
(1934–2022)
25 August 199119 September 199125 daysCPB

Republic of Belarus (from 1991)

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Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1994)

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No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)
Term of office Political Party
Took office Left office Time in office
(24)Stanislav Shushkevich
(1934–2022)
19 September 199126 January 19942 years, 129 daysIndependent
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
(born 1947)
Acting
26 January 199428 January 19942 daysIndependent
Myechyslaw Hryb
(born 1938)
Acting
28 January 199420 July 1994173 daysIndependent

President of Belarus (1994–present)

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No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died)
Term of office Political Party Election
Took office Left office Time in office
25Alexander Lukashenko
(born 1954)
20 July 1994Incumbent[2]30 years, 121 daysIndependent1994
2001
2006
2010
2015
2020

Timeline

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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 Sierada

See also

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References

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  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.}