Siarhei Cherachen

Siarhei Cherachen (Belarusian: Сярге́й Уладзі́меравіч Чэрачань, also known as Sergey Cherechen Russian: Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Чэрачэнь; born 8 May 1985) is a Belarusian businessman, politician and candidate in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election.[1] He is the current chairman of the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly.[2]

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Siarhei and the family name is Cherachen.
For the 2020 Belarusian presidential candidate, see Siarhei Tsikhanouski.
Siarhei Cherachen
Born (1985-05-08) 8 May 1985
Krychaw, Mogilev Region, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
(now Belarus)
NationalityBelarusian
Alma materBelarusian State University
Occupationpolitician, entrepreneur
Years active2004 – present
Known forPresidential candidate in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election
OfficeChairman of the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly
Term2018 – present
Political partyCommunist Party of Belarus (2016 – 2018)
Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly (2018 – present)

Biography

Siarhei was born on 8 May 1985 in the late Soviet era in Krychaw, Mogilev. He grew up and raised up in Mogilev where he also completed his primary and secondary education.

Career

He graduated from the Belarusian State University in the field of informatics and radio electronics. After his graduation, he pursued his career in business and later joined the mainstream politics. He joined the Communist Party of Belarus and was also nominated as a candidate for the House of Representatives of Belarus but was not elected.

In 2018, he joined the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly after a fallout with the Communist Party and was appointed as the chairman of the Social Democratic Party in 2018.[3]

2020 presidential election

On 12 January 2020, he was nominated as a presidential candidate from the party for the 2020 Belarusian presidential election.[4][5]

On 10 August 2020, the election results were released and Siarhei received the least number of votes among the candidates taking last spot among the five candidates with a total valid vote count of 1.15%.[6][7][8]

References
  1. meduza.io https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/08/07/another-opposition-candidate-s-campaign-chief-arrested-just-days-before-end-of-presidential-elections-in-belarus. Retrieved 13 August 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "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). 3 November 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  3. "Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year rule of Belarus faces its biggest challenge". newseu.cgtn.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. "An election in Belarus: How the West could support a marginalised opposition". ECFR. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. "Пераемнік Шушкевіча будзе вылучацца кандыдатам у прэзыдэнты". Радыё Свабода (in Belarusian). Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. "Протесты после президентских выборов в Белоруссии. Главное". РБК (in Russian). Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  7. "Выборы Президента Республики Беларусь 9 августа 2020". vybary2020.by. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  8. "Belarus presidential election results August 2020". Statista. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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