Jan Sierada

Jan Sierada
Jan Sierada
Ян Серада
	Sierada in 1918
Chairman of the People's Secretariat of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
	In office; 22 July 1918 – 11 November 1918 Serving with Raman Skirmunt
Preceded by	Jazep Varonka
Succeeded by	Anton Luckievich
President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
	In office; 9 March 1918 – 14 May 1918
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Jazep Losik
Personal details
Born	Ivan Mikitavič Sierada; 13 May 1879; Zadzvieja, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Belarus)
Died	after 19 November 1943 (aged 64); Soviet Union
Party	Belarusian Socialist Assembly
Alma mater	Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Profession	Scientist, agricultural technologist
Military service
Allegiance	Russia
Branch/service	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1905–1906; 1914–1918
Battles/wars	Russo-Japanese War; World War I;

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Ivan Mikitavič Sierada (13 May [O.S. 1 May] 1879 – after 19 November 1943), better known by the pseudonyms of Jan or Janka was a Belarusian statesman, pedagogist and writer who served as the first president of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic.