Oleg Romanov (politician) explained

Oleg Romanov
Office:Chairman of the Belaya Rus party
Term Start:18 March 2023
Predecessor:Party established
Office1:Chairman of the Belaya Rus public association
Term Start1:18 June 2022[1]
Predecessor1:Gennady Davydko
Office2:Member of the Council of the Republic
Term Start2:6 December 2019
Birth Date:1975 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Grodno, Grodno Region Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
Party:Belaya Rus (since 2023)
Birthname:Alieh Aliaksandravič Ramanaŭ
Profession:politician, philosopher
Alma Mater:Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

Oleg Aleksandrovich Romanov or Alieh Aliaksandravič Ramanaŭ (born 9 August 1975) is a Belarusian politician, professor and doctor of philosophical sciences, who is the chairman of the Belaya Rus party.

He is a member of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the VII convocation.

Biography

He was born on 9 August 1975 in Grodno, Belarusian SSR, USSR. He graduated from the Faculty of Biology of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, then postgraduate studies at the same university, and in 2001 he defended his thesis for the candidate of philosophical sciences degree on the topic "Socialization of the individual in the conditions of social transformation". Later, he completed doctoral studies at the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and in 2015 defended his thesis for the Doctor of Philosophy degree on the topic "East Slavic civilization as a subject of modern global social transformations" in the specialty "Social Philosophy". Has the academic title of professor.

He worked as a psychologist at a secondary school in Grodno, then as a teacher, senior lecturer, associate professor and professor at the Department of Philosophy at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. From February 2018[2] to 11 March 2021,[3] he held the position of the first vice-rector of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. From March 11, 2021, to June 2022, he worked as the rector of Saint Euphrosyne Polotsk State University.

In April 2023, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced sanctions against Romanov.[4]

Participation in political repressions

With the arrival of Oleg Romanov to the post of rector of Saint Euphrosyne Polotsk State University, active persecution of students and teachers who disagreed with the results of the 2020 presidential election began, as well as the dismissal of candidates and doctors of science from the university for publicly criticizing the actions of the Belarusian authorities in the post-election period.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://mlyn.by/18062022/rektor-poloczkogo-gosudarstvennogo-universiteta-oleg-romanov-vozglavil-beluyu-rus/ Ректор Полоцкого государственного университета Олег Романов возглавил «Белую Русь»
  2. Web site: Першым прарэктарам Гродзенскага ўніверсітэта стаў прыхільнік "рускага свету" . 2024-02-24 . . 15 February 2018 . be.
  3. Web site: 2021-03-11 . Главы МЧС и СК, военные, замы в министерствах и ректоры - Лукашенко рассмотрел кадровые вопросы . 2024-02-24 . . ru-RU.
  4. Web site: 2023-04-15 . Зяленскі ўвёў санкцыі супраць міністра спорту Кавальчука, лёгкатлета Недасекава і Раманава з "Белай Русі" . . be.
  5. Web site: Радыё "Рацыя": Звольнілі дацэнта Полацкага ўніверсітэта, які працаваў там 14 год . https://web.archive.org/web/20211217140759/https://www.racyja.com/hramadstva/zvolnili-datsenta-polatskaga-univers/ . 17 December 2021 . 17 December 2021.