Stanislav Shushkevich
President of Belarus
Died when: 87 years 139 days (1048 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich (Belarusian: ????????´? ????????´????? ?????´???, romanized: Stanisláu Stanislávavic Šuškiévic,;Russian: ????????´? ????????´????? ?????´???; 15 December 1934 – 3 May 2022) was a Belarusian politician and scientist.
From 25 August 1991 to 26 January 1994, he was the first head of state of independent Belarus after it seceded from the Soviet Union, serving as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (also called chairman of Parliament or president).
He supported social democratic reforms and played a key role in the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.As a scientist, he was a corresponding member of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Doctor in Physics and Mathematics, recipient of various state awards, professor and the author and originator of textbooks and over 150 articles and 50 inventions.
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