Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus
The Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus (Belarusian: Ліберальна-дэмакратычная партыя Беларусі, Russian: Либерально-демократическая партия Беларуси, romanized: Liberal'no-demokraticheskaya partiya Belarusi), or ЛДПБ (LDPB), is a political party in Belarus. It was created in 1994 as the Belarusian successor of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union.
Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus Ліберальна-дэмакратычная партыя Беларусі Либерально-демократическая партия Беларуси | |
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| Abbreviation | LDPB (English) ЛДПБ |
| Leader | Oleg Gaidukevich |
| Founders | Vasily Krivenko Sergei Gaidukevich |
| Founded | 5 February 1994 |
| Registered | 24 February 1994 |
| Preceded by | Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union in Belarus |
| Headquarters | 12th Building, Filimonova St, Minsk, Belarus |
| Newspaper | Truth of Gaidukevich |
| Membership (2020) | 55,867 |
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| Political position | Right-wing |
| Regional affiliation | Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Liberal Democratic Party of Transnistria |
| Colours | Navy blue |
| Slogan | "Law! Order! Patriotism!" (Russian: «Закон! Порядок! Патриотизм!») "A Strong Belarus!" (Russian: «Сильная Беларусь!») |
| House of Representatives | 1 / 110 |
| Council of the Republic | 1 / 64 |
| Regional seats | 2 / 409 |
| Local seats | 4 / 18,110 |
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| Website | |
| ldpb.by | |
Despite claiming to be a "constructive and democratic opposition" the party de facto supports the current president, Alexander Lukashenko (much like the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia with Vladimir Putin).
In the legislative elections, 13–17 October 2004, the party won 1 out of 110 seats. Its candidate in the presidential election of 2006, Sergei Gaidukevich, won 3.5% of the vote.
Party leader Gaidukevich was a member of the House of Representatives from 2004 to 2008. He was later a member of the Council of the Republic from 2016 to 2019.