Before embarking on his political career, Lukashenko worked as the director of a state farm (sovkhoz) and served in both the Soviet Border Troops and the Soviet Army. In 1990, …

Dec 20, 2025 · Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian politician who espoused communist principles and who became president of the country in 1994. His decades-long autocratic rule, which …

Oct 14, 2025 · Who is Europe’s ‘last dictator’ Alexander Lukashenko? Belarusian strongman and Soviet throwback has ruled since 1994, forging close ties with Russia while brutally cracking …

On 11 October 2015, Aleksandr Lukashenko was once again elected President of the Republic of Belarus, winning 83.5% of the vote. Belarus has entered a new technological stage: the …

Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, maki...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has been sworn in for a seventh term, and he mocked those who derided him as “Europe’s last dictator” by saying his country has more …

3 days ago · Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West

News about Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Nov 5, 2025 · Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule in an election that concludes Sunday and that the …

Jan 26, 2025 · The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually …