Alexander Lukaschenko

Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko is a Belarusian politician and dictator who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making him the current longest-tenured European president. Lukashenko was born in Kopys, and before embarking on his political career, he worked as the director of a state farm and served in both the Soviet Border Troops and the Soviet Army.