Belarusian Green Party

Belarusian Green Party

Беларуская партыя «Зялёныя»
Белорусская партия «Зелёные»
Belarusian Green Party Беларуская партыя «Зялёныя»; Белорусская партия «Зелёные»
Abbreviation	BGP; БПЗ
Leader	Dzimtry Kuchuk
Founder	Oleg Gromyko
Founded	17 April 1994; 30 years ago
Registered	3 June 1994; 29 years ago
Dissolved	27 July 2023; 8 months ago
Headquarters	4th Building, Fabriciusa St, Minsk, Belarus
Newspaper	Peaceful Atom
Membership (2009)	1,143
Ideology	Green politics; Eco-socialism; Environmentalism; Anti-capitalism; Alter-globalism
Political position	Left-wing
European affiliation	European Green Party (Associate)
International affiliation	Global Greens (Associate)
Colours	Green
House of Representatives	0 / 110
Council of the Republic	0 / 64
Website
	greenparty.by
	Politics of Belarus; Political parties; Elections;

The Belarusian Green Party (BGP or BPZ; Belarusian: Беларуская партыя «Зялёныя»; БПЗ, romanized: Bielaruskaja partyja «Zialionyja»; BPZ; Russian: Белорусская партия «Зелёные»; БПЗ, romanized: Belorusskaya partiya «Zelonyye»; BPZ, literally "Belarusian Party «The Greens»") is a former eco-socialist green party in Belarus which opposes the administration of president Alexander Lukashenko, led by entrepreneur Dzmitry Kuchuk (Дзмітрый Кучук).^[1] It was created in 1994. The party has an anti-corporatist, anti-globalist platform.

History[edit]

The previous leader of the party until January 2020 was Nastassya Darafeyeva (Настасся Дарафеева), who in 2015 succeeded long-time leader Aleh Novikaŭ (Алег Новікаў), also known as Lolik Uškin (Лёлік Ушкін), who had led the party since 2007.^[2]

The party has not held seats in the National Assembly of Belarus since its creation.

On 27 July 2023 the Belarusian Green Party was ordered liquidated by the Supreme Court of Belarus.^[3]

Ideology[edit]

In late 2008, the Belarusian Green Party created a special commission on LGBT rights, becoming the first political party in Belarus to officially announce support for the LGBT community.

The Belarusian Green Party opposes the practice of the death penalty, and Belarus remains the last country in Europe with capital punishment. The party has also sharply criticized the US government for continuing to permit the death penalty at a state level. Members of the party strongly protested the executions of Dmitri Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalev, who were convicted of the 2011 Minsk Metro bombing in a controversial trial.

The party is an associate member of the European Green Party.^[4]

Electoral history[edit]

Presidential elections[edit]

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
2010	Yuri Glushakov	Not admitted to the elections
2015	Yuri Shulgan	Not admitted to the elections
2020	Did not contest

Legislative elections[edit]

Election	Leader	Performance					Rank	Government
Election	Leader	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–	Rank	Government
1995	Oleg Gromyko				1 / 260	New	10th	Opposition
2000	Aleh Novikaŭ	Did not contest						Extra-parliamentary
2004								Extra-parliamentary
2008								Extra-parliamentary
2012								Extra-parliamentary
2016	Nastassya Darafeyeva	9,038	0.18%	New	0 / 110	0	9th	Extra-parliamentary
2019	Nastassya Darafeyeva	10,592	0.20%	0.02	0 / 110	0	11th	Extra-parliamentary

References[edit]

^ "Старшынёй партыі "Зялёныя" абраны Дзмітрый Кучук". Наша Ніва (in Belarusian). 19 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ "Bielaruskaja partyja "Zialionyja" abrala novuju staršyniu (abnoŭliena)" Беларуская партыя "Зялёныя" абрала новую старшыню (абноўлена) [The Belarusian party "Greens" elected a new chairman (updated)]. greenbelarus.info (in Belarusian). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ Вярхоўны Суд зліквідаваў Беларускую партыю «Зялёныя» [The Supreme Court liquidated the Belarusain Party «The Greens»]. belsat.eu (in Belarusian). 27 July 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
^ "Bielaruskaja Partyja "Zialonye"". European Greens. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Belarusian)

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[1] "Старшынёй партыі "Зялёныя" абраны Дзмітрый Кучук". Наша Ніва (in Belarusian). 19 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[2] "Bielaruskaja partyja "Zialionyja" abrala novuju staršyniu (abnoŭliena)" Беларуская партыя "Зялёныя" абрала новую старшыню (абноўлена) [The Belarusian party "Greens" elected a new chairman (updated)]. greenbelarus.info (in Belarusian). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[3] Вярхоўны Суд зліквідаваў Беларускую партыю «Зялёныя» [The Supreme Court liquidated the Belarusain Party «The Greens»]. belsat.eu (in Belarusian). 27 July 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

[4] "Bielaruskaja Partyja "Zialonye"". European Greens. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

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