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Uładzimir Hančaryk

Uładzimir Hančaryk
Belarusian: Уладзімір Ганчарык
Russian: Владимир Гончарик
Personal details
Born
Uładzimir Ivanavič Hančaryk

(1940-04-29) April 29, 1940 (age 84)
Lahojsk, Soviet Union
NationalityBelarusian
Political partyCPSU (1964-1991)
EducationRussian Academy of public administration [ru]
Belarus State Economic University

Uładzimir Ivanavič Hančaryk or Vladimir Ivanovich Goncharik (Belarusian: Уладзімір Іванавіч Ганчарык, Russian: Владимир Иванович Гончарик; born 29 April 1940) is a Belarusian politician.

Early life

Hančaryk was born in Lahojsk, a town outside of Minsk, in the Byelorussian SSR.

Political career

Beginning in 1986, Hančaryk was a chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus.[citation needed]

Hančaryk was the only opposition candidate who stood against incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko in the 2001 Belarusian presidential election.[1] His campaign was supported by fellow opposition candidate Siamion Domash, who withdrew his candidacy and urged his supporters to vote for Hančaryk.[2] Many considered Hančaryk to be the best candidate for the opposition because of his previous government experience and his centrist stances.[3] Hančaryk ultimately lost the election by Lukashenko by a sixty percent margin, according to official results from the Central Election Commission. However, the elections were considered fraudulent by independent observers.[4]

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