Belaya Rus

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Belaya Rus
Белорусская партия «Белая Русь»
ChairmanOleg Romanov
FounderAlexander Radkov[1][2]
Founded17 November 2007 (2007-11-17)
Registered18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) (as party)
Legalised12 December 2007 (2007-12-12)[3]
Headquarters5th Building, Frunze St, Minsk, Belarus
Membership (2018 est.)Increase 180,000[4][needs update]
IdeologyPro-Lukashenko
Russophilia
Euroscepticism
Statism[5]
Agrarianism[6]
Anti-colour revolution[7]
(self-described)
Political positionBig tent
National affiliationRKSKPPGA
Colours  Green   Red
Slogan"For a Strong and Prosperous Belarus!"[lower-alpha 1]
House of Representatives
51 / 110
Council of the Republic
16 / 64
Website
partiya.by (party)
1br.by (movement)

Belaya Rus (Belarusian: Белая Русь, romanizedBělaja Ruś, lit.'White Rus'') is a Belarusian political party which was initially founded as a public association on 17 November 2007[8][9] to support President Alexander Lukashenko. Since its foundation, the organization's leaders regularly announced they were ready to become a political party. President Lukashenko neither firmly opposed the idea nor supported it. He commented, "Well, if they are ready, let them be a party; I am not against it. On the contrary, I will support it because they are patriots. But I wouldn't advise them to hurry." The party is based on the idea of the All-Russia People's Front. It has no actual ideology outside of absolute support for Lukashenko.[10] The former minister of Education of Belarus, Alexander Radkov was chairman of the association from 2007 to 2018. The NGO had a membership of over 180,000.[11] On March 18, 2023, the association was officially transformed into a political party.[12] Gennady Davydko, the head of the Belarusian TV and Radio Company, was elected chairman of Belaya Rus unanimously by the association's council on 19 January 2018.[13] On 18 March 2023 in Minsk Belaya Rus held a founding conference to create a new political party; Oleg Romanov was elected as party chairman.[14][15] The party won 46.40% of votes in the 2024 Belarusian parliamentary election, winning 51 seats.[16]

Election results

Election Leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % +/– Seats +/–
2024 Oleg Romanov 2 343 664 46,40% New
51 / 110
New 1st Majority

Notes

  1. Belarusian: «За моцную і квітнеючую Беларусь»

References

  1. Election Profile IFES
  2. Alexander Radkov: No personal success without love for one’s own country Sharkovshchina Regional Executive Committee, 16 March 2012
  3. "НОВОСТИ — Минюст зарегистрировал «Белую Русь» — Политика — 12.12.2007, 14:21". Archived from the original on 29 March 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  4. "Belaya Rus: Lukashenka's "Ruling Party"?". Belarus Digest. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018."Съезд "Белой Руси": новый председатель, но прежний статус". All-National TV. 19 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. "Главу штаба Лукашенко приняли за оппозиционера и обвинили в продажности". Regnum. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  6. "Lukashenko identifies priorities for Belarusian agriculture". 10 March 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  7. "Polish expert: Lukashenko was the world's first politician to defeat a color blitzkrieg". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  8. TUT.BY | НОВОСТИ — «Белая Русь» нацелена на парламентские выборы 2008 года (фото) — Политика — 17.11.2007, 20:13
  9. "История". Сайт РОО «Белая Русь». 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  10. [1] [dead link]
  11. "Съезд "Белой Руси": новый председатель, но прежний статус - ОНТ". ont.by (in русский). 19 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  12. "«Белая Русь» опубликовала программу. Партия превратилась в «сторонников Лукашенко», но больше не хочет устранять нефтегазовую зависимость". zerkalo.io (in русский). 21 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  13. "Davydko elected Belaya Rus chairman". eng.belta.by. 19 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  14. "Political party Belaya Rus was created in Belarus". The Minsk Times (in русский). 22 March 2023.
  15. Kłysiński, Kamil (21 March 2023). "Belarus: the pro-regime Belaya Rus party holds its founding congress". Centre for Eastern Studies.
  16. Karmanau, Yuras (26 February 2024). "Belarus' election reinforces the authoritarian leader's 30-year rule. Only loyalists could run". AP News.

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