Siarhei Uladzimiravich Cherachen (, also known as Sergey Vladimirovich Cherechen ; born 8 May 1985) is a Belarusian businessman, politician and candidate in the

2020 Belarusian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Belarus on Sunday, 9 August 2020. Early voting began on 4 August and ran until 8 August. Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko was announced by the Central Election Commission of Belarus, Central Election Commissi ...

. He is the current chairman of the

Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly The Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly (BSDH; ; ), commonly shortened to "Hramada" or "The Assembly", is a banned Belarusian social-democratic political party. Businessman Siarhiej Čeračań has been the leader of the party since October ...

Biography

Cherachen was born on 8 May 1985 in the late Soviet era in

Krychaw Krychaw or Krichev (, ; , , ) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Krychaw District. It is situated on the Sozh River. In 2009, its population was 27,202. As of 2024, it has a population of 23,264. ...

Mogilev Mogilev (; , ), also transliterated as Mahilyow (, ), is a city in eastern Belarus. It is located on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, about from the Belarus–Russia border, border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from Bryansk Oblast. As of 2024, ...

. He grew up and raised up in Mogilev where he also completed his primary and secondary education.

Career

He graduated from the

Belarusian State University The Belarusian State University (BSU) (, ; ) is a university in Minsk, Belarus. It was founded on October 30, 1921. The university was ranked 387th in the world in the 2023 QS World University Rankings. History 1919–1949 On February 25, 1919, ...

in the field of

informatics Informatics is the study of computational systems. According to the Association for Computing Machinery, ACM Europe Council and Informatics Europe, informatics is synonymous with computer science and computing as a profession, in which the centra ...

and

radio electronics Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to ...

. After his graduation, he pursued his career in business and later joined the mainstream politics. In 2018, he became chairman of the

Hramada Hramada (, {{IPA, be, ɣramaˈda}, sometimes also wrongly spelled as ''gramada'' or confused for the Ukrainian language, Ukrainian word ''hromada'' or Polish language, Polish word ''gromada'') is a Belarusian language, Belarusian word that means ...

, succeeding Stanislav Shushkevich.

2020 presidential election

On 12 January 2020, he was nominated as a presidential candidate from the party for the

. On 10 August 2020, the election results were released and Cherachen received the fewest votes among the five candidates, with a total valid vote count of 1.15%.

2025 presidential election

Cherachen announced that he will run for presidency in the next election in 2025. He was unable to do so because of the new age limit for participating in the presidential election.

References

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