Alexander Lukashenko

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Alexander Lukashenko  link (Politician)
Alexander Lukashenko and his youngest son Nikolai during a Great Patriotic War victory parade in 2012. His eldest son Viktor can be seen in the background.
Born	30 August 1954
Nationality	Belarusian
Exposed	COVID-19/Lockdown
Interests	COVID-19/Origins
Declined "$940 million in so-called rapid financing" from the World Bank because it was conditional on his agreeing to impose lockdowns etc. Later survived a regime change operation

Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the establishment of the office on 20 July 1994. Prior to his political career, Lukashenko worked as director of a state farm and served in the Soviet Army.

COVID-19

Alexander Lukashenko stated in 2020 that he was offered "$940 million in so-called rapid financing" if he agreed to impose a social change policy suggested by the World Bank. He declined.

He then survived a 2020-2021 regime change operation.

Opinions

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“It’s just over the top to send police to track down those who aren’t wearing masks. We aren’t the West.”
 (23 October 2021) 

Half the government is Jewish

In December 2025, Lukashenko pointed out that "We are being accused of oppressing the Jews! Half the government in Belarus is Jewish, where did we oppress someone?" According to the 2019 census, there were 13,705 self-identifying Jews in Belarus, out of population of 9,1 million.

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