Agrarian Party (Belarus)
The Agrarian Party (Russian: Агра́рная па́ртия, romanized: Agrarnaya partiya; Belarusian: Аграрная партыя, romanized: Ahrarnaja partyja) is an agrarian socialist[1] political party in Belarus. It supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko.[2]
Agrarian Party Аграрная партыя | |
|---|---|
| Russian name | Агра́рная па́ртия |
| Leader | Mikhail Rusy |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Minsk |
| Membership (2009) | 8500 |
| Ideology | Agrarian socialism Euroscepticism Pro-Lukashenko |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| House of Representatives | 1 / 110
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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]
References
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- Feduta, Alexander; Boguzkij, Oleg; Martinowitsch, Wiktor (2003). "Politische Parteien in Belarus" (PDF) (in German). Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- "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.
- "СВЕДЕНИЯ об избранных депутатах" (PDF). CEC Belarus. 18 November 2019.