Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko[c] (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; [d] 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, [7] making him the current longest-serving head of state in Europe. [8]

Jan 27, 2025 · Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

Jan 26, 2025 · Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in Sunday’s election.

Jan 27, 2025 · Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian politician who espoused communist principles and who became president of the country in 1994. His decades-long autocratic rule, which was characterized by suppression of free speech and widespread election fraud, earned him the nickname ‘Europe’s last dictator.’

Jan 26, 2025 · Lukashenko's opponents call the election a sham — much like the last one in 2020, which triggered months of protests unprecedented in the history of the country of 9 million people.

Jan 26, 2025 · Belarus on Sunday held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give its 70-year-old autocrat, Alexander Lukashenko, yet another presidential term on top of his three decades in power.

Jan 25, 2025 · Lukashenko: Before 2025 election, ‘still afraid of the people’ As Belarus votes amid repression, what drives Alexander Lukashenko, the president likely to secure a seventh term.

Jul 19, 2024 · Aug. 9, 2020 — Lukashenko wins a sixth term with 80% of the vote in an election that is denounced as fraudulent at home and abroad, with key opposition figures prevented …

Feb 25, 2024 · Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he will run for another term in elections set to be held in 2025, a move likely to extend the long rule of a key ally of Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

Jul 2, 2021 · In response to a question on repression and the imprisonment of political opponents, Lukashenko accuses the US of “lawlessness,” citing the January 6 insurrection and invoking …