Alexander Lukashenko

An authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and I have always admitted it.

Alexander Lukashenko (born 30 August 1954) is the current president of Belarus.

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• My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and I have always admitted it. You need to control the country, and the main thing is not to ruin people's lives.
  • Statement (August 2003), as quoted in BBC - Profile: Alexander Lukashenko (9 January 2007)

• We have rigged the latest election. 93.5 per cent have voted for Lukashenko. But they say it is not a European outcome. We have made it 86 per cent.
  • Press conference for Ukrainian journalists (November 2006), as quoted in "Lukashenka Must be Dismissed From Office For Rigging Presidential Elections Results" in Charter97 (23 November 2006)

• I look at Obama, a young man, a good-looking person. That is my first impression, I feel sorry for him. He looks 100% like Lukashenko, when I came to power after the downfall of the Soviet Union. The store shelves were empty, a severe financial crisis.
  • As quoted in The Wall Street Journal - Belarus President Seeks to Deploy Russia Missiles (14 November 2008)

• Aggression has been committed, and the country's leadership, not only Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed. And how was it killed? Well, if they had shot him in a battle, it's one thing, but they humiliated and tormented him, they shot at him, they violated him when he was wounded, they twisted his neck and arms, and then they tortured him to death. It's worse than the Nazis once did. Besides, the United States, Italy, France and Germany have up to $150 billion of Libyan money now. They are very interested to grab this wealth. Everything will be even worse in Libya, because it has colossal deposits of resources, and everyone has rushed there to grab those riches.
  • Reaction upon the death of Muammar Gaddafi, 3 November, 2011.[1]

• If someone is a lesbian, it's man's fault.
  • Comment about lesbians (2011), as seen on National Television of Belarus: Lukashenko about gays and lesbians

About Lukashenko

• I wish luck to you and your nation that loves you, as the election results we can see testify
  • Silvio Berlusconi in Minsk, as quoted in Results of the official visit of Silvio Berlusconi to Belarus, 1 Dec. 2009, from belarus.by

External links

• Official website as President of Belarus
• BBC - Profile: Alexander Lukashenko (9 January 2007)
• Statement at the 60th Session of the UN General Assembly (15 September 2005)