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Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko ( , -bealʲaˈksandr rɨˈɣoravʲɪtʃ ɫukaˈʂɛnka; Romanized: Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; , -ruɐlʲɪˈksandr ɡrʲɪˈgorʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ɫʊkɐˈʂɛnkə; Romanized: Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukashenko; born 30 or 31 August 1954) has been serving as the President of Belarus since 20 July 1994. Before his career as a politician, Lukashenko worked as director of a state-owned agricultural farm. Under Lukashenko's rule, Belarus has come to be viewed as a state whose conduct is out of line with international law and whose regime is considered to grossly violate human rights. Belarus has never held a poll seen as fair by international monitors since Lukashenko began his presidency. Belarus has been called “the last true remaining dictatorship in the heart of Europe” by the former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He and other Belarusian officials are also subject of the sanctions imposed by the European Union for egregious human rights violations.
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