Tatsyana Karatkyevich
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Tatsyana Karatkyevich | |
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| Таццяна Караткевіч | |
 Karatkyevich in 2015 | |
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| Born | March 8, 1977 |
| Political party | BSDP(A) |
Tatsyana Mikalayewna Karatkyevich (Belarusian: Таццяна Мікалаеўна Караткевіч, romanized: Tacciana Mikalajeŭna Karatkievič; Russian: Татьяна Николаевна Короткевич, romanized: Tatyana Nikolayevna Korotkevich; born 8 March 1977) is a Belarusian politician and a member of civic campaign Tell the Truth. Karatkyevich has been of "Tell the Truth" since 2010 and alongside other initiative groups who are dissatisfied with current government plans.[1] She was a candidate for the 2015 presidential election, garnering 4.4% of the vote.[2]
In 2020, Tatsyana Karatkyevich headed the initiative group to nominate the co-chair of Tell the Truth Andrey Dmitriyeu as a candidate in the 2020 presidential election. In 2024, Karatkyevich received 15 days of administrative arrest under a political article for a “prohibited” photograph on her social networks.[3]
Early and personal life
[edit]Karatkyevich was born on 8 March 1977 in Minsk, then part of the Byelorussian SSR.[4] She graduated from the Maksim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University, where afterwards she worked as a teacher in psychology for 11 years as well as the Belarusian State University.[1] For 3 years she headed the department of rehabilitation at the Territorial Center for Social Services in Minsk afterwards, and then for 2 years she was the director of the institution "Family Playground".[4] She initially joined the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (BSDP) in 1999, an anti-Alexander Lukashenko party,[5] before leaving in the party in 2016. She has since then been described as a friend of the BSDP.[6]
She was married to a car mechanic for ambulances and has a son named Elisey.[7] She divorced her husband in 2016, which she attributed to them no longer liking the same things and stress from her personal political life.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Кандидатом в президенты может стать женщина. Сделайте свой выбор". Tut. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "ЦИК Беларуси опубликовал окончательные итоги выборов Президента". BELTA (in Russian). 16 October 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Экс-кандидатку в президенты Татьяну Короткевич арестовали на 15 суток — «Наша Нiва»". Reform.news (in Russian).
- ^ a b "Кандидаты на пост Президента Беларуси". www.belarus.by. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Социал-демократы поддержали выдвижение Короткевич кандидатом в президенты". Gazetaby. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Karatkevich: I was invited to Parliament, because we initiated dialogue | Belarus news ❘ euroradio.fm". Euro Radio. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "«Белорусы хотят, чтобы мы пришли и поменяли президента…»". Gazetaby. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ ШАХНОВИЧ, Татьяна (30 May 2017). "Экс-кандидат в президенты Беларуси Татьяна Короткевич: Самое сложное было – объяснить сыну, почему я не стала президентом". KP. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
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