Belarusian Agrarian Party

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Agrarian Party
Аграрная партыя
Russian nameАгра́рная па́ртия
LeaderMikhail Rusy
Founded1992 (1992)
HeadquartersMinsk
Membership (2009)8500
IdeologyAgrarian socialism
Euroscepticism
Pro-Lukashenko
Political positionLeft-wing
House of Representatives
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The Agrarian Party (Russian: Агра́рная па́ртия, romanizedAgrarnaya partiya; Belarusian: Аграрная партыя, romanizedAhrarnaja partyja) is an agrarian socialist[1] political party in Belarus. It supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.[2]

It was created in 1992 as the United Democratic Agrarian Party of Belarus (Аб'яднанная аграрна-дэмакратычная партыя Беларусі).[3] In 1994, it changed its name into Agrarian Party. The leader of the party is Mikhail Rusy, who succeeded Mikhail Shimansky in 2008.[4]

At the legislative election in 1995, the party obtained 33 out of 198 seats. In 2000 and 2004 it only gained 5 and 3 seats in the House of Representatives, respectively. In 2008, the party was reduced to one seat. In the 2016 election, the party lost its remaining seat. It regained a seat in the assembly in the 2019 Belarusian parliamentary election.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Belarus". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Belarus". Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. ^ Feduta, Alexander; Boguzkij, Oleg; Martinowitsch, Wiktor (2003). "Politische Parteien in Belarus" (PDF) (in German). Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Новым старшынёй Аграрнай партыі абраны Міхаіл Русы" [Mikhail Rusy elected as the new chairman of the Agrarian Party]. euroradio.fm (in Belarusian). 15 March 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "СВЕДЕНИЯ об избранных депутатах" (PDF). CEC Belarus. 18 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)