The Central Election Commission of the Republic of Belarus (CEC; be, Цэнтральная камісія па выбарах і правядзеньні рэспубліканскіх рэфэрэндумаў Рэспублікі Беларусь, translit=Tsentral'naya kamisiya pa vybarakh i pravyadzyen'ni respublikanskikh referendumaw) is the body responsible for conducting national

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and overseeing local elections in

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

. The CEC of Belarus is a member of the Association of Central and Eastern European Election Officials.found at Google Scholar

History

Allegations of election fraud

On 10 April 2006, following the 2006 presidential election in Belarus, the Chairwoman of the CEC, Lidia Yermoshina, was placed on a list of over 40 members of the Belarusian government banned from entering the European Union and the United States for allegedly participating in the manipulation of the results of the presidential election; the ban was lifted in 2008. Also in 2006, Yermoshina was added to the

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of the United States, while CEC member and Minister of Justice Oleg Slizhevsky was designated in 2007. In 2011, Yermoshina was again sanctioned by the EU, following the 2010 presidential election. These European sanctions were lifted in 2016. On 2 October 2020 the European Union imposed sanctions on all 12 members of the commission for violations in the August election. In the autumn of 2020, the UK, Canada and Switzerland also imposed sanctions against all CEC members. The United States imposed sanctions against CEC Deputy Chairman Vadzim Ipatau and CEC Secretary Alena Dmukhayla on 2 October 2020, and on 21 June 2021 extended them to cover the rest of the Commission members. In addition, on 23 December 2020 the Central Election Commission itself was added to the SDN list.

Chairpersons

* (1992–1996); * Viktar Hanchar (September-October 1996); * Lidia Yermoshina (1996–2021); * (since 2021)

Notes

External links

Official website
Elections in Belarus Politics of Belarus

Belarusian entities subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List {{Belarus-politics-stub