List of political parties in Belarus
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This article lists political parties in Belarus.
Belarus
is a state in which the president
dominates. Political parties
that support the president have a chance at elections. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
is a state in which the president
President of Belarus
The office of President of Belarus is the head of state of Belarus. The office was created in 1994 with the passing of the Constitution of Belarus by the Supreme Soviet. This replaced the office of Chairman of the Supreme Soviet as the head of state...
dominates. Political parties
Political Parties
Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...
that support the president have a chance at elections. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Parties loyal to the president
The president secures most of his support from non-partisan members of parliament.- Belaya RusBelaya RusBelaya Rus is a Belarusian public association not registered as a political party officially, founded on 17 November 2007 to support President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, based on the idea of Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. Leader of the association is minister of Education of Belarus -...
- Agrarian Party (Ahrarnaya Partyia)
- Belarusian Socialist Sporting PartyBelarusian Socialist Sporting PartyThe Belarusian Socialist Sporting Party is a political party in Belarus, that supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.It was created in 1994. Leader of the party is Vladimir Alexandrovich....
(Belaruskaya Satsyialistychna-Spartywnaya Partyia) - Communist Party of BelarusCommunist Party of BelarusThe Communist Party of Belarus is a political party in Belarus, that supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. It was created in 1996. The leader of the party is Tatsyana Holubeva....
(Kamunistychnaya Partyia Belarusi) - Liberal Democratic Party (Liberalna-Demakratychnaya Partyia)
- Republican Party of Labour and Justice (Respublikanskaya Partyia Pratsy i Spravyadivastsi)
- Belarusian Patriotic Party (Belaruskaya Patryiatychnaya Partyia)
Oppositional parties
In the last general elections, none of these parties secured a seat.- Belarusian Independence BlocBelarusian Independence BlocThe Belarusian Independence Bloc one of Belarus’ three major opposition coalitions, was formed in 2009 as an alternative to UDF coalition in Belarus...
(BNB)- BPF Party
- Belarusian Christian DemocracyBelarusian Christian DemocracyThe Belarusian Christian Democracy is a political movement in Belarus that was created at the beginning of the 20th century and is now being revived by several politicians.- Before World War II :...
(party in process of official registration) - Za svabodu (social movement under Alexander Milinkevich)
- Young Front (youth movement officially registered in the Czech RepublicCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
) - Pravy Aljans
- Razam
- Young BelarusYoung BelarusYoung Belarus is the youth political block, founded by "Young Front" and some leaders of democratic movement on March 14, 2004. In 2009 Young Belarus became just another youth political organisation in Belarus; later that year Young Belarus has divided on two separate wings, both claiming to be the...
- YCSU Young DemocratsYCSU Young DemocratsYouth Christian Social Union Young Democrats is a Christian democratic youth organisation from Belarus. Since 2004 it has a permanent observer status in the Youth of the European People's Party...
- United Democratic Forces of BelarusUnited Democratic Forces of BelarusThe United Democratic Forces of Belarus is a coalition of political parties participating as the main opposition group during the 2006 presidential election...
- Belarusian United Left Party "Fair World" (Bielaruskija Abjadnanych Lievaj partyi "Spraviadlivy sviet")
- United Civil Party of BelarusUnited Civil Party of BelarusThe United Civil Party of Belarus is a centre-right, liberal-conservative party in Belarus. The party opposes the government of Alexander Lukashenko, generally participates in the country's elections, but doesn't have a single member in parliament...
(Abyadnanaya Hramadzyanskaya Partyia Belarusi) - Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) (Belaruskaya Satsyial-Demakratychnaya Partyia - Hramada)
- Belarusian Labour PartyBelarusian Labour PartyThe Belarusian Labour Party is a political party in Belarus, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The leader of the party is Alexander Buchvostau....
(Belaruskaya Partyia Pratsy) - BPF Party (Partyia BNF)
- Za svabodu (social movement under Alexander Milinkevich)
- Belarusian Social Democratic AssemblyBelarusian Social Democratic AssemblyBelarusian Social Democratic Assembly is a Belarusian political party. The leader of the party is Stanislav Shushkevich.-History:*1991 - Creation of the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly, with Michael Tkachow as a chairman....
(Belaruskaya Satsyial-Demakratychnaya Hramada) - Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly)Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly)The Belarusian Social Democratic Party is unregistered political party in Belarus which opposes the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko....
(Belaruskaya Satsyial-Demakratychnaya Partyia - Nardonaya Hramada) - Belarusian Liberal Party of Freedom and Progress (PFP) (Belaruskaya liberalnaya Partyia Svabody i Pragresu)
- Conservative Christian PartyConservative Christian PartyThe Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front , is a political party in Belarus, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko...
(Kanservatywna-Khrystsiyanskaya Partyja) - Social Democratic Party of Popular AccordSocial Democratic Party of Popular AccordThe Social Democratic Party of Popular Accord is a political party in Belarus, that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.It was created in 1997. Leader of the party is Sergey Yermak....
(Satsyjal-Demakratychnaya Partyia Narodnay Zgody) - Belarusian Party "The Greens" (Belaruskaya Partyia Zyalyonyia)
- Belarusian Republican Party (Respublikanskaya Partyia)
- Socialist Resistance (CIS) (Сацыялістычнай супраціў (СНД))
- European Coalition Free BelarusEuropean Coalition Free BelarusThe European Coalition Free Belarus is a political coalition in Belarus which opposes the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko.In legislative elections held between October 13–17, 2004, the ECFB was part of the Democratic Centrist Coalition which did not secure any seats.The coalition...
(Eurapeyskaya Kaalitsyia "Svabodnaya Belarus") - National-Bolschevistic Party (Национал-большевисткая партия РБ)
Defunct parties
- Democratic Centrist CoalitionDemocratic Centrist CoalitionThe Democratic Centrist Coalition was a political alliance in Belarus, that opposes the administration of president Alexander Lukashenko...
(Kaalitsyia Demakratychnykh Tsentrystaw)- RepublicRepublic (Belarus)Republic is a parliamentary group in Belarus which opposes the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko. In legislative elections held between October 13–17, 2004, the group did not secure any seats....
(Respublika) - Young BelarusYoung BelarusYoung Belarus is the youth political block, founded by "Young Front" and some leaders of democratic movement on March 14, 2004. In 2009 Young Belarus became just another youth political organisation in Belarus; later that year Young Belarus has divided on two separate wings, both claiming to be the...
(Maladaya Belarus) - Belarusian Women's Party Hope (Belaruskaya Partyia Zhanchyn Nadzeya)
- Republic
- Beer Lovers Party (Belarus)Beer Lovers Party (Belarus)Beer Lovers Party of Belarus, or BLP was one of several Beer Lovers Parties created in some post-Soviet states, including Belarus. It was officially registered on December 30, 1993.According to its statute,...
External links
- List of political parties from the Ministry of Justice