Stanislav Shushkevich

Stanislav Shushkevich
Станіслаў Шушкевіч Станислав Шушкевич
Shushkevich in 2009
1st Chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus
In office 18 September 1991 – 26 January 1994 Acting: 25 August – 18 September 1991
Prime Minister	Vyacheslav Kebich
Preceded by	Mikalay Dzyemyantsyey (as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR)
Succeeded by	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (acting) Myechyslaw Hryb
Personal details
Born	(1934-12-15)15 December 1934 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	3 May 2022(2022-05-03) (aged 87) Minsk, Belarus
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1968–1990) Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly
Children	2
Alma mater	Belarusian State University
Profession	Scientist
Awards	Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal (2018)

Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich^[a] (15 December 1934 – 3 May 2022) was a Belarusian politician and scientist who served as the first head of state of independent Belarus after it seceded from the Soviet Union, serving as the first chairman of the Supreme Soviet (also called chairman of Parliament or president) from 1991 to 1994. He supported social democratic reforms and played a key role in the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

As a scientist, he was a corresponding member of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Doctor in Physics and Mathematics, recipient of various state awards, professor and the author and originator of textbooks and over 150 articles and 50 inventions.
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