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Syamyon Georgiyevich Sharetski (Belarusian: Сямён Георгіевіч Шарэцкi, romanized: Siamion Hieorhijevič Šarecki, Russian: Семён Георгиевич Шарецкий, romanized: Semyon Georgiyevich Sharetsky; born 23 September 1936) is a Belarusian former agricultural scientist and politician. He was the last acting Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus.

Early life and career

Sharetski was born in 1936 and studied agricultural economics at the Belarusian Agricultural Academy. In 1970 he joined the Central Committee of the Communist Party, where he enrolled in the Higher Party School. After graduating he taught at the school from 1970 to 1976.

After leaving his position as chairman of the Red Banner collective farm in 1993, he transitioned to a new role as an advisor to the Prime Minister of Belarus.

Political career

During the leadup to the 1996 Belarusian referendum Sharetski emerged as among the leaders of the opposition, which viewed President Alexander Lukashenko, the main backer of the referendum, as centralising authority in his own hands. Along with the Supreme Court, Sharetski led the Supreme Council in opposing Lukashenko's efforts to overhaul the constitution. Sharetski ultimately accepted the proposed referendum following a diplomatic intervention by Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin.

On 21 August 1999, when the 1995–1999 ended, deputies of the Supreme Council who remained faithful of the 1994 Constitution of Belarus (but actually out of power) appointed Sharetski acting President of the Republic of Belarus.

Exile

From 1999-2001 he lived in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he was treated as a representative of the legitimate power of Belarus. Since 2001 he lives in the US, where he was given a status of political refugee.

References

1. Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. Europa Publications. 2002. p. 139. ISBN 1-85743-137-5.
2. Navumchyk, Siarhei (22 November 2021). "«Дзевяноста шосты». У Менск прыбывае «крамлёўскі дэсант», Шарэцкі і Ціхіня падпісваюць пагадненьне з Лукашэнкам" ["Ninety-Six": The "Kremlin landing" arrives in Minsk, Sharetski and Cichinia are signing an agreement with Lukashenko]. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Belarusian). Retrieved 6 May 2024.
3. Политики 1994-го. Где они сегодня? // TUT.by (in Russian)
4. Семен ШАРЕЦКИЙ: «Я не горю желанием вернуться...» Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine // ЭМИГРАНТЫ, Народная воля (in Russian)

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v t e Political office-holders in Belarus since 1918
	Belarusian People's Republic (1918–1919) Sierada Losik* Krečeŭski
	First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Byelorussian SSR (1919–1991) Knorin Osatkin-Vladimirsky Krinitsky Goloded Knorin Gamarnik Gey Gikalo Sharangovich Yakovlev* Volkov Ponomarenko Gusarov Patolichev Mazurov Masherov Kiselyov Slyunkov Sokolov Malofeyev
	Chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus (1991–1994) Shushkevich Kuznetsov* Hryb
/	President of Belarus (since 1994) Lukashenko (since 1994; disputed since 2020) Tsikhanouskaya (disputed since 2020)
* acting † contested

• 1936 births
• Living people
• Chairmen of the Supreme Council of Belarus
• Presidents of Belarus
• Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences