Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly
The Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly (Belarusian: Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная Грамада, romanized: Biełaruskaja sacyjał-demakratyčnaja Hramada) known simply as "Hramada" or "The Assembly", is a Belarusian social-democratic opposition political party. The leader of the party since October 2018 is businessman Siarhiej Čeračań.[1]
Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная Грамада | |
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| Leader | Siarhiej Čeračań |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Preceded by | Belarusian Socialist Assembly (not legally) |
| Headquarters | Minsk |
| Ideology | Social democracy Environmentalism Civic nationalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
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Leadership
The previous head of the party from 1998 to 2018 was Stanisłaŭ Šuškievič who has the distinction of having been the first head of state of an independent Republic of Belarus between 1991 and 1994. After losing the election for president in 1994, he did not participate in politics again until helping to form the party in 1998. In 2004 he was not allowed to register as a candidate and so in the 2010 presidential election he was a supporter of candidate Andrej Sańnikaǔ.
History
- 1991 — Creation of the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly, with Michaś Tkačoŭ as a chairman.
- 1992 — Aleh Trusaǔ becomes party chairman.
- 1996 — Association with Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord, formation of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly).
- 1998 — Reconstruction of the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly, Stanisłaŭ Šuškievič becomes chairman.
- 2016 — The party boycotts the 2016 Belarusian parliamentary elections.
- 2018 — Siarhiej Čeračań becomes party chairman.
References
- "Станіслава Шушкевіча на пасадзе кіраўніка БСДГ змяніў бізнэсмен Сяргей Чарачэнь" [Stanislav Shukhevich is succeeded as BSDA chairman by Siarhei Charachen]. Наша Ніва (Naša Niva) (in Belarusian). 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2020-02-05.