Lyavon Barshchewski Explained

Lyavon Barshchewski
Birth Date:24 March 1958
Birth Place:Polotsk
Nationality:Belarusian
Occupation:Philologist, politician

Lyavon Barshchewski (Belarusian: Лявон Баршчэўскі) (born March 4, 1958) is a Belarusian philologist and opposition politician.

Born on March 4, 1958, in Polotsk, Barshchewski graduated from Minsk State Linguistic University in 1980. He was a deputy to the Supreme Soviet of Belarus from 1990 to 1996. He is a member of PEN International. From 2007–2009 he was head of the BPF Party, succeeded by Alaksiej Janukievich.[1]

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  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706053632/http://91.149.157.125/rubrics/english/2009/09/07/ic_articles_259_164364/ "Belarusian Popular Front elects new chairman"