Stanislav Shushkevich
Stanisław Stanislavavič Šuškievič (Belarusian: Станісла́ў Станісла́вавіч Шушке́віч; Russian: Станисла́в Станисла́вович Шушке́вич; December 15, 1934 – May 3, 2022) was a Belarusian politician. He was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus from 1991 until 1994. He later became an opposition leader against Alexander Lukashenko.
Stanisław Šuškievič | |
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Станіслaў Шушкeвіч | |
.jpg) Shushkevich in 2009 | |
| Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus | |
| In office August 25, 1991 – January 26, 1994 Acting to September 18, 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Viachaslau Kebich |
| Preceded by | Mikalay Dzyemyantsyey (as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR) |
| Succeeded by | Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Kuznetsov (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 15, 1934 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | May 3, 2022 (aged 87) Minsk, Belarus |
| Cause of death | Problems caused by COVID-19 |
| Political party | Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly |
| Alma mater | Belarusian State University |
| Profession | Scientist |
| Awards |  Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal (2018) |
Engineering career
In the early 1960s, while working as an engineer in an electronics factory, he was in charge of teaching the Russian language to John F. Kennedy's assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, when Oswald lived in Minsk.[1][2]
He was a corresponding member of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Doctor in Physics and Mathematics. He was the recipient of many state awards. He was also a professor and the author of textbooks and over 150 articles and 50 inventions.
Political career
When Supreme Soviet chairman Nikolai Dementey was ousted for his support of the August 1991 coup attempt, Shushkevich became interim speaker,[3] and led Belarus voting to leave from the Soviet Union.[4]
From August 25, 1991 to January 26, 1994, he was the first head of state of independent Belarus after it seceded from the Soviet Union, he was Chairman of the Supreme Soviet.[5]
Death
Shushkevich died in Minsk, Belarus on 3 May 2022, at the age of 87 from problems caused by COVID-19.[6]
Stanislav Shushkevich Media
Stanislav Shushkevich at the signing of the Belavezha Accords with Leonid Kravchuk and Boris Yeltsin in 1991
Shushkevich and President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Sushkevich in Warsaw, Poland achieving Doctor Honoris Cusa, 2014
References
- ↑ Rice, Mark (10 June 2014). "Back in the USSR: Belarusian leader who helped bury Soviet Union says it is making a comeback" (in en). The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/10/soviet-union-comeback. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ↑ 2013 interview with Shushkevich about Lee Harvey Oswald (in ru) (22 November 2013). Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ↑ Высшие органы государственной власти Белорусской ССР. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ↑ Беларусь свободна. Назло надменному соседу (23 September 1991). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ↑ Шарый, Андрей. Stanislav Shushkevich (in ru). Radio Liberty (March 11, 2002).
- ↑ Ex-Belarus leader Stanislav Shushkevich, who helped dissolve USSR, dies at 87