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Uładzimir Hančaryk
Uładzimir Hančaryk
Belarusian: Уладзімір Ганчарык; Russian: Владимир Гончарик
Personal details
Born	Uładzimir Ivanavič Hančaryk; April 29, 1940 (age 84); Lahojsk, Soviet Union
Nationality	Belarusian
Political party	CPSU (1964-1991)
Education	Russian Academy of public administration [ru]; Belarus State Economic University

Uładzimir Ivanavič Hančaryk or Vladimir Ivanovich Goncharik (Belarusian: Уладзімір Іванавіч Ганчарык, Russian: Владимир Иванович Гончарик; born 29 April 1940) is a Belarusian politician.

Early life

Hančaryk was born in Lahojsk, a town outside of Minsk, in the Byelorussian SSR.

Political career

Beginning in 1986, Hančaryk was a chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus.^{[citation needed]}

Hančaryk was the only opposition candidate who stood against incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko in the 2001 Belarusian presidential election.^[1] His campaign was supported by fellow opposition candidate Siamion Domash, who withdrew his candidacy and urged his supporters to vote for Hančaryk.^[2] Many considered Hančaryk to be the best candidate for the opposition because of his previous government experience and his centrist stances.^[3] Hančaryk ultimately lost the election by Lukashenko by a sixty percent margin, according to official results from the Central Election Commission. However, the elections were considered fraudulent by independent observers.^[4]