Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly)

The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) (Belarusian: Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя (Грамада́), Russian: Белорусская социал-демократическая партия (Громада́), romanized: Belarusskaya Social-Demokraticheskaya Partiya (Hromada)) is a social-democratic[1] political party in Belarus that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.

Not to be confused with Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) or Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly.
Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly)

Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя (Грамада)
Russian nameБелорусская социал-демократическая партия (Громада́)
LeaderIhar Barysaŭ
Founded25 June 2005 (2005-06-25)
Split fromBelarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly)
Belarusian Labour Party
IdeologySocial democracy
Liberal democracy
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationUnited Democratic Forces of Belarus
International affiliationProgressive Alliance
ColoursRed, White
House of Representatives
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Council of the Republic
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Party flag
Website
bsdp.org

History

The party was founded in 2005 after the split within the BSDP (People's Assembly). It considers itself the successor of the historical Belarusian Socialist Assembly founded in 1902. Alaksandar Kazulin, a former rector of Belarusian State University, became the first party leader of the new registered party. The BSDP (People's Assembly) remained without registration and office.[2]

At the legislative elections in 13–17 October 2004, the party did not secure any seats. These elections fell significantly short of OSCE commitments, according to the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission . Its candidate at the presidential election of 2006, Alaksandar Kazulin, won 2.3% of the vote.

In 2011, Iryna Veshtard was elected as the new chairman of the party.[3]

Ideology and goals of the party

The Belarusian Social Democratic Party belongs to the community of parties associated with the Socialist International. BSDP focuses on Western European social-democratic ideology and is supported by various Western European social democratic parties. The main task of the country's foreign party promotes not only the entry of Belarus into the European Union and NATO, but also promotes the accession of Russia, Ukraine and Moldova.

Leadership
№ Image Name Tenure
1 Michaś Tkačoŭ 1991–
1992
2 Aleh Trusaŭ 1992–
1995
3 Mikola Statkevich 1995–
2005
4 Anatol Laŭkovič 2005–
2006
5 Alyaksandr Kazulin 2006–
2008
6 Anatol Laŭkovič 2008–
2010
7 Anatol Sidarevič 2010–
2011
8 Iryna Veshtard 2011–
2018
9 Ihar Barysaŭ 2018
Incumbent

See also

History of Belarusian social-democratic parties

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2008). "Belarus". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2011-07-09.
  2. European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
  3. Solidarity with Belarus Information Office Archived 2012-07-19 at Archive.today
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