Uładzimir Hančaryk Explained

Uładzimir Hančaryk
Birth Name:Uładzimir Ivanavič Hančaryk
Birth Date:29 April 1940
Birth Place:Lahojsk, Soviet Union
Party:CPSU
Nationality:Belarusian
Education:
Belarus State Economic University

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

He was the candidate from united opposition forces that stood against Alexander Lukashenko in the 2001 elections for the office of President of Belarus.[1] As he was the candidate from united opposition, he was supported by a fellow opposition candidate Siamion Domash, who withdrew his candidacy and urged his supporters to vote for Hančaryk.[2] Hančaryk failed to become the president, when the electoral committee announced official results, according to which he lost the vote to Lukashenko by a 60 percent margin. The elections were considered fraudulent by independent observers.[3]

Before the elections, he was a chairman of the official Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: УЛАДЗІМІР ГАНЧАРЫК НАЗВАНЫ АДЗІНЫМ КАНДЫДАТАМ АД ШЫРОКАЙ ГРАМАДЗЯНСКАЙ КААЛІЦЫІ НА ПРЭЗІДЭНЦКІХ ВЫБАРАХ :: Хартыя'97 :: Навiны :: 21/07/2001 . 2010-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090605095522/http://www.charter97.org/bel/news/2001/07/21/01 . 2009-06-05 . dead .
  2. Web site: Belarusian Popular Front . 2010-05-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101221201456/http://pages.prodigy.net/dr_fission/bpf/news2001c.htm . 2010-12-21 . dead .
  3. Web site: Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Europe & Central Asia: Belarus.