List of national leaders of Belarus

This is a comprehensive chronological list of national leaders of Belarus since its first independence, in 1918, including its presidents both before and after the Soviet era, and the Soviet leaders themselves, who, unlike the Presidents, were not formal Heads of State.

Belarusian People's Republic (1918–20)

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office			Political Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Chairmen of the Rada
1		Jan Sierada (1879–1943)	9 March 1918	19 May 1918	71 days	BSH
Vacant (19 May 1918 – 1 January 1919)
Chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Workers-and-Peasants' Soviet Government
2		Zmicier Zhylunovich (1887–1937)	1 January 1919	4 February 1919	34 days	Independent
Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee
3		Alexander Miasnikian (1886–1925)	4 February 1919	27 February 1919	23 days	CPB
Vacant (27 February 1919 – 13 December 1919)
4		Pyotra Krecheuski (1879–1928)	13 December 1919	4 February 1920	53 days	Independent

BNR in exile (since 1920)

Presidents-in-exlie

In Vilnius to 1925, then in Prague, presently in Canada:

• Pyotra Krecheuski (November 1920 – 8 March 1928)
• Vasil Zakharka (8 March 1928 – 6 March 1943)
• Mikola Abramchyk (6 March 1943 – 29 May 1970)
• Vintsent Zhuk-Hryshkyevich (May 1970 – November 1982)
• Jazep Sazhych (November 1982 – 1997)
• Barys Rahula (1997, acting)
• Ivonka Survilla (1997–present)

Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–20)

Chairman of the Central Executive Committee

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office			Political Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Kazimierz Cichowski (1887–1937)	27 February 1919	31 July 1920	1 year, 155 days	LBSSR

Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1920–91)

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office			Political Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Executive Secretary of the Byelorussian Communist Party
2		Vilhelm Knorin (1890–1939)	9 August 1920	30 December 1922	2 years, 143 days	CPB
3		Waclaw Bogucki (1884–1937)	30 December 1922	12 February 1924	1 year, 44 days	CPB
4		Aleksandr Osatkin-Vladimirsky (1885–1937)	12 February 1924	29 September 1924	199 days	CPB
5		Alexander Krinitsky (1894–1937)	13 May 1924	22 December 1925	1 year, 223 days	CPB
First Secretary of the Byelorussian Communist Party
6		Nikolay Goloded (1894–1937)	22 December 1925	7 May 1927	1 year, 136 days	CPB
(2)		Vilhelm Knorin (1890–1939)	7 May 1927	4 December 1928	211 days	CPB
7		Yan Gamarnik (1894–1937)	4 December 1928	5 November 1929	336 days	CPB
–		Ivan Wasiliewicz (1894–1937) Acting	4 December 1928	8 January 1930	64 days	CPB
8		Konstantin Gey (1896–1937)	8 January 1930	18 January 1932	2 years, 10 days	CPB
9		Nikolay Gikalo (1897–1938)	18 January 1932	18 March 1937	5 years, 59 days	CPB
10		Vasily Sharangovich (1897–1938)	18 March 1937	17 July 1937	121 days	CPB
–		Yakov Yakovlev (1897–1938) Acting	17 July 1937	8 August 1937	22 days	CPB
11		Aleksei Volkov (1890–1942)	11 August 1937	18 June 1938	311 days	CPB
12		Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902–1984)	18 June 1938	7 March 1947	8 years, 262 days	CPB
13		Nikolai Gusarov (1905–1985)	7 March 1947	31 May 1950	3 years, 85 days	CPB
14		Nikolai Patolichev (1908–1989)	31 May 1950	28 July 1956	6 years, 58 days	CPB
15		Kirill Mazurov (1914–1989)	28 July 1956	30 March 1965	8 years, 245 days	CPB
16		Pyotr Masherov (1918–1980)	30 March 1965	4 October 1980 †	15 years, 158 days	CPB
–		Vladimir Brovikov (1931–1992) Acting	4 October 1980	16 October 1980	12 days	CPB
17		Tikhon Kiselyov (1917–1983)	16 October 1980	11 January 1983 †	2 years, 117 days	CPB
–		Vladimir Brovikov (1931–1992) Acting	11 January 1983	13 January 1983	2 days	CPB
18		Nikolay Slyunkov (born 1929)	13 January 1983	6 February 1987	4 years, 24 days	CPB
19		Yefrem Sokolov (born 1926)	6 February 1987	30 November 1990	3 years, 297 days	CPB
20		Anatoly Malofeyev (born 1933)	30 November 1990	15 August 1991	258 days	CPB

Republic of Belarus (1991–present)

Chairmen of the Supreme Council

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office			Political Party
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Stanislau Shushkevich (born 1934)	15 August 1991	26 January 1994	2 years, 164 days	Independent
–		Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (born 1947) Acting	26 January 1994	28 January 1994	2 days	Independent
2		Myechyslaw Hryb (born 1938)	28 January 1994	20 July 1994	173 days	Independent

President

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office			Political Party	Election
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Alexander Lukashenko (born 1954)	20 July 1994	Incumbent Disputed since 9 August 2020[1]	26 years, 192 days	Independent	1994 2001 2006 2010 2015 2020

See also

• List of rulers of Belarus
• President of Belarus
• List of Prime Ministers of Belarus
• Government of Belarus

References

1. "Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya calls for end to violence in Belarus as election fallout continues". Sky News. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.