1995–1996 Belarusian constitutional crisis

1995–1996 Belarusian constitutional crisis
	; Alexander Lukashenko in 1995
Date	11 April 1995 – 24 November 1996; (1 year, 7 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	Minsk, Belarus
Result	Presidential victory Dissolution of the Supreme Council of Belarus following the falsified 1996 referendum; Belarus becomes an authoritarian state;
Belligerents
Parliamentary forces: Supreme Council of Belarus; Supreme Court of Belarus; Prime Minister of Belarus (since November 1996);	Presidential forces: President of Belarus; Presidential Administration; Prime Minister of Belarus (until November 1996); Internal Troops; Police; OMON; Supported by:; Russia
Commanders and leaders
Myechyslaw Hryb (until January 1996); Syamyon Sharetski (since January 1996); Zianon Pazniak; Vladimir Karavay; Mikhail Chyhir (since November 1996); Uładzimir Hančaryk	Alexander Lukashenko; Mikhail Chyhir (until November 1996); Vladimir Yermoshin
Political support
Belarusian opposition Belarusian Party of Communists; Belarusian Agrarian Party; United Civic Party; Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly; Belarusian Labour Party; Belarusian Green Party; People's Accord Party; Civic Party; Belarusian Popular Front; ; Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus; Belarus Free Trade Union	Union State supporters Minsk Metro owners

The 1995–1996 Belarusian constitutional crisis was a confrontation between a Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and an opposition-dominated Supreme Council of Belarus. During that period, Lukashenko attempted to strengthen his powers and weaken parliamentary and judiciary control of his office.