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Belaya Rus
Белорусская партия «Белая Русь»
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| Chairman | Oleg Romanov |
| Founder | Alexander Radkov[1][2] |
| Founded | 17 November 2007 (2007-11-17) |
| Registered | 18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) (as party) |
| Legalised | 12 December 2007 (2007-12-12)[3] |
| Headquarters | 5th Building, Frunze St, Minsk, Belarus |
| Membership (2018 est.) |  180,000[4][needs update] |
| Ideology | Pro-Lukashenko Russophilia Euroscepticism Statism[5] Agrarianism[6] Anti-color revolution[7] (self-described) |
| Political position | Big tent |
| National affiliation | RKSKPPGA |
| Colours | Green Red |
| Slogan | "For a Strong and Prosperous Belarus!"[a] |
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Belaya Rus (Belarusian: Белая Русь, romanized: Bělaja Ruś, lit. 'White Rus'') is a Belarusian political party which was initially founded as a public association on 17 November 2007[8][9] to support President Alexander Lukashenko.
Since its foundation, the organization's leaders regularly announced they were ready to become a political party. President Lukashenko neither firmly opposed the idea nor supported it. He commented, "Well, if they are ready, let them be a party; I am not against it. On the contrary, I will support it because they are patriots. But I wouldn't advise them to hurry." The party is based on the idea of the All-Russia People's Front. It has no actual ideology outside of absolute support for Lukashenko.[10] The former minister of Education of Belarus, Alexander Radkov was chairman of the association from 2007 to 2018. The NGO had a membership of over 180,000.[11] On March 18, 2023, the association was officially transformed into a political party.[12]
Gennady Davydko, the head of the Belarusian TV and Radio Company, was elected chairman of Belaya Rus unanimously by the association's council on 19 January 2018.[13]
On 18 March 2023 Belaya Rus was formally transformed into a political party and held its founding congress in Minsk; Oleg Romanov was elected as party chairman.[14][15]
The party won 46.40% of votes in the 2024 Belarusian parliamentary election, winning 51 seats.[16]
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| 2024 | Oleg Romanov | 2 343 664 | 46,40% | New |
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