Stanislav Shushkevich
Stanislav Shushkevich | |
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Станіслаў Шушкевіч Станислав Шушкевич | |
Shushkevich in 1991 | |
| 1st Chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus (Head of state of Belarus) | |
| In office 18 September 1991 – 26 January 1994 Acting: 25 August – 18 September 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Vyacheslav Kebich |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Dementey (as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR) |
| Succeeded by | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (acting) Myechyslaw Hryb |
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| Born | 15 December 1934 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 3 May 2022 (aged 87) Minsk, Belarus |
| Party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1968–1990) Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Belarusian State University |
| Profession | Scientist |
| Awards | Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal (2018) |
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Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich (15 December 1934 – 3 May 2022) was a Belarusian politician and scientist who served as the first head of state of independent Belarus after it seceded from the Soviet Union, serving as the first chairman of the Supreme Soviet (also called chairman of Parliament or president) from 1991 to 1994. He supported social democratic reforms and played a key role in the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States. He later became an opposition leader against Alexander Lukashenko.
As a scientist, he was a corresponding member of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Doctor in Physics and Mathematics, recipient of various state awards, professor and the author and originator of textbooks and over 150 articles and 50 inventions.