Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is a Belarusian politician, educator, and pro-democracy activist who became a prominent opposition figure in her country. She matters because she has played a significant role in Belarus's democratic movement, particularly in challenging the government's authoritarian practices.
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- 1982-09-11
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Acting · Mikashevichy, Belarus
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- The Accidental President — Self2024
- Maischberger — Self2019
- Firing Line with Margaret Hoover — Self2018
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Sviatlana Hieorhiyeuna Tsikhanouskaya (née Pilipchuk; born 11 September 1982) is a Belarusian opposition leader and political activist. Since running in the 2020 presidential election against President Alexander Lukashenko, she has led dissidence to his authoritarian rule through an alternate government operating from Lithuania and Poland.
Tsikhanouskaya became an opposition leader after her husband, Syarhei Tsikhanouski, sought to run in the 2020 presidential election. He was arrested, along with most other opposition leaders and – since she could not file for the presidency on his behalf – Tsikhanouskaya entered herself as a candidate. Lukashenko allowed her candidacy because he believed a woman could not create a legitimate opposition.
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