2. Alexander Lukashenko has been serving as
the President of Belarus since 20 July
1994. The president of National Olympic
committee of Republic of Belarus (from
1997), the commander-in-chief of Armed
forces and the chairman of the board of
safety of Republic of Belarus.

3. Alexander Lukashenko was born on August
30, 1954 in the village Kopys of the Orshansky
region of Vitebsk area. After the birth of
Alexander, his mother started working as a
milkmaid.
He was brought up without the father.

4. In 1975 it graduated from department of history
of the Mogilyov teacher training college
majoring in «the teacher of history and social
science», and in 1985 — in absentia economics
department of the Belarusian agricultural
academy as «an economist-organizer of
agricultural production»

5. From 1975 to 1977 Lukashenko served in Border
troops of KGB of the USSR.
Alexander married in 1975 with Galina
Jelnerovich. Now he has 3 children and
5 grandsons.

6. In period of "reorganization" in 1990
it was elected the People's Deputy
of the Supreme Council of Belarus.
In April 1993 — July, 1994
Lukashenko headed the temporary
commission of the Supreme Council
on fight against corruption

7. On January 21, 2011 Alexander
Lukashenko officially entered a
position of the president of
Republic of Belarus in the
fourth time.
Western mass media often call
Alexander «the last dictator of
Europe».

8. In 2006 the European Union, and then and the
USA forbade it entrance on the territories. In
2008 action of a ban on entrance was
suspended. In January, 2011 Poland forbade it
entry into the country. In April, 2011 Council of
EU prolonged till October 31, 2011 a ban on
entrance to EU of president Lukashenko and 35
more officials.