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Politics
Political Parties and Leaders
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It is now 9:54 pm Tuesday, April 17, 2001 |
Politics
Political Parties and Leaders
The democratization of politics in Belarus has led to the formation of a multi-party system. The current government position is that, acting within the framework of the Constitution, political parties allow the will of people to be more fully expressed, leading to greater participation in elections and a broader consensus of public opinion. For this reason, political parties in Belarus have the right to use state mass media.
The Constitution bans the creation and activity of political parties or other public associations which pursue the aim of forcible change of the constitutional system or advocate war or other forms of national, religious or racial strife. The activities of political parties in Belarus are regulated by appropriate legislation.
As of 1 February 1996, the Ministry of Justice had registered 34 political parties. The largest of them are the Communist Party, the Agrarian Party, the Belarussian Social-Democratic "Gramada", and the United Democratic Party. Sixteen political parties hold seats in the 13th convocation of the Supreme Soviet. Listed below, in English alphabetical order, are the top 20 political parties in Belarus, and their leaders.
| Belarusian Christian-Democratic Unity (BKDZ) | Petr SILKO |
| Belarusian Communist Party (KPB) | Vasiliy NOVIKOV, Viktor CHIKIN, chairmen |
| Belarusian Labor Party (BPP) | Aleksandr BUKHVOSTOV |
| Belarusian National Front (BNF) | Zenon POZNYAK, chairman |
| Belarusian Patriotic Movement (BPR) | Anatol BARANKEVICH |
| Belarusian Peasants Party (BSP) | Yevgeniy LUGIN, chairman |
| Belarusian Socialist Party (SPB) | Vyacheslav KUZNETSOV |
| Belarusian Social-Democratic Gramada (SDBG) | Alex TRUSOV |
| Belarusian Social Sports Party | Vladimir ALEKSANDROVICH |
| Ecological Party | Aleksiy MIKULICH |
| Green Party of Belarus | Mikalay KARTASH |
| Liberal-Democratic Party (LDPB) | Vasiliy KRIVENKA |
| National Democratic Party of Belarus (NDPB) | Victor NAVUMENKA |
| Party of All-Belarusian Unity and Concord (UPNAZ) | Dmitriy BULAKOV |
| Party of People's Concord | Gennadiy KARPENKO |
| Polish Democratic Union (PDZ) | Konstantin TARASEVICH |
| Republican Party of Labor and Justice | Anatol NETSILKIN |
| Slavic Assembly (SAB) | Nikolai SYARECHEV |
| United Agrarian Party | Semen SHARETSKIY |
| United Democratic Party of Belarus (ADPB) | Aleksandr DOBROVOLSKIY |
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