Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko was born on August 30, 1954 in Shklov District of Mogilev Region. The President of Belarus has been the leader of Belarus from 1994 to the present. He was a soldier in his early years. Later he started as an anti-corruption president and was re-elected for four terms. He advocated gradual economic reforms, fair governance, and integrity. He cares about the lives of the people and is known as "Father", but rejects Western democracy. Belarus under his leadership is the country that preserves the most Soviet elements.
In recent years, the United States has accused Belarusian leaders of dictatorship and pressured Belarus on the grounds of democracy and human rights. The US Congress also passed the Belarusian Democracy Act, which accused the Belarusian government of anti-democracy, corruption and bribery, and advocated that the United States actively promote the process of democracy and human rights in Belarus. In this regard, Belarus opposes the United States' criticism of its internal affairs, and the relations between the two countries have been in a certain state of stalemate. In 2005, the then US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, that Belarus was the last "dictatorship" in Europe. In March 2006, after Lukashenko was elected President of Belarus for the third time, the United States refused to recognize the election results on the grounds of fraud and human rights violations in this election. In June of the same year and November 2007, the U.S. Treasury Department announced two economic sanctions against Belarus, including freezing Lukashenko’s personal assets in the United States, prohibiting U.S. individuals or companies from conducting any business transactions with Lukashenko, and freezing All assets of Belarusian Petrochemical Conzern in the United States. In response to U.S. sanctions, Lukashenko publicly warned on December 30, 2007: "If the U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Karen Stewart is not doing his job properly, he will be the first to be kicked out of Belarus."
Lukashenko is also daring to speak out against the domestic opposition. In an interview with a Moscow TV station in 2004, he made clear his position for those who dare to challenge the authority of the president: "I will use weapons to strike those who challenge the power of the president." 2006 On the eve of the election in 2016, the tough-minded Lukashenko put aside his cruel words: "We will treat troublemakers like breaking a duck neck." It is precisely because of the adoption of strong presidential governance and the removal of restrictions on the presidential term, which is not allowed. Foreign governments and institutions funded its political parties. Belarus was accused by Western society as a deterioration in the democratic situation, while the US government publicly condemned Lukashenko’s domestic restrictions on press freedom and close relations with Iran and other countries. On December 20, 2010, after voting in the general election, Lukashenko told reporters at a press conference: "All Minsk opposition rioters will go to jail. I have ordered all the materials to be published for our people to see. Our Western partners, look at what we call the opposition." He added that what he meant was "top secret files."
Although he refused to accept Western democracy and was called the last "dictator" in Europe by the West, Lukashenko's image of being honest and people-friendly has won the approval and support of most Belarusian people. Whether Belarus’s roads are sustainable depends not only on its internal political and economic factors, but also on the impact of changes in the international environment. The present does not represent the future, but the achievements of Belarus today prove that the 16-year development direction that Belarus has traversed under the leadership of President Lukashenko is successful.
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