The Belarusian Independence Bloc () is one of three major opposition coalitions in
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
. The coalition was formed in 2009 as an alternative to the
United Democratic Forces of Belarus
The United Democratic Forces of Belarus (; ) is a coalition of political parties that oppose the presidency of Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994. It was the main opposition group during the 2006 Belarusian presidential elec ...
(UDF). The group intention is to choose a single candidate to defeat the incumbent
Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making hi ...
, the president since 1994.
Member parties
There are 8 political parties in the Belarusian Independence Bloc of Belarus coalition, these are:
* Banned party:
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Partyja BPF
The BPF Party (; ) is a banned political party in Belarus. It was ''de facto'' established after the split of the social movement Belarusian Popular Front ( abbr. BPF; , ) in 1999. The Belarusian Popular Front was founded during the Perestroika ...
* Party with registration status in progress:
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Belarusian Christian Democracy
The Belarusian Christian Democracy (; ; BCD or BKhD) is a Christian-democratic political party in Belarus, established in 2005, which claims to be the continuation of a identically named movement, which existed at the beginning of the 20th cent ...
* Unregistered parties and movements:
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Za svabodu
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Malady Front
Young Front (, МФ, ''MF'') is a Belarusian youth movement registered in the Czech Republic, a member of the European Democrat Students. , it was the largest youth organisation of Belarus declaring democratic orientation; a pro-Western, right- ...
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YCSU Young Democrats
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Right Alliance
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Young Belarus
Young Belarus () is a youth political block in Belarus, founded by "Young Front" and some leaders of democratic movement on March 14, 2004. In 2009, Young Belarus became just another youth political organisation in Belarus; later that year Young ...
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Razam
New members are accepted in Belarusian Independence Bloc only if agreed by all existing members. That was a reason European Coalition was not admitted to Belarusian Independence Bloc
Participation in elections
At local elections in 2010 Belarusian Independence Bloc had over 500 candidates, significant campaigns were run by Aleś Łahviniec, Źmicier Babicki, Maksim Hubarevič, Taciana Kuǔšynava and a few others. From all of them, just 3 candidates of Belarusian Christian Democracy have won elections in their districts.
References
2009 establishments in Belarus
Belarusian opposition
Political opposition alliances
Political parties established in 2009
Political party alliances in Belarus
Pro-European political parties in Belarus
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