Alexander Dabravolski
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ian politician.
He is Director of the East European School of Political Studies, a member of the Political Council of the United Civil Party, a lawyer, and a radio physicist.
Education and family
Dabravolski attended Belarusian State UniversityBelarusian State University
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. In 1982 he graduated from the Radio Physical Department, and in 1995 he graduated from the Department of Law.
He is married, his wife is a teacher and his son and daughter are both students.
Career
He worked as an engineer-designer (1982–1989), scientific fellow, Deputy Director of the Independent Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studies (1992–1995), and was Vice-Chairman of United Civil Party (1995–2006). In 1989, in the Minsk territorial district he was elected as MP (Supreme CouncilSupreme Council
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) of the USSR. He also spent time working in the Committee on Industry, then in a Committee on Human rights and freedoms as Vice-Chairman.
On the First Congress of the USSR People's Deputies, he became a member of the Inter-regional Deputy Group – the first democratic parliamentary opposition in the USSR, where he worked with Andrei Sakharov
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, Vasil Bykov. He was one of the founders of the United Democratic Party of Belarus (UDPB), the first opposition political party registered in Belarus established in 1990
From 1991-1995 he was the Chairman of the UDPB. In 1995 the UDPB became affiliated with the Civil Party, creating the United civil party (UCP). In 1995 he was elected Vice-Chairman of the UCP. In the same year the elections to the Supreme Council of Belarus were held, UCP has created a parliament faction "Civil action". Alexander Dabravolski was elected as MP to the Supreme Council and headed the Subcommittee on Mass-media. In 1996 he was a representative of MP group in the Constitutional Court for impeachment of President Lukashenko.
In 2001,he was the Deputy Chairman of Headquarters of the United Opposition Single Candidate to Presidenct Vladimir Goncharik, in 2006, he was again Deputy Chairman of Headquarters of United Opposition Single Candidate to Presidenct Alexander Milinkevich.
2007—2008 he was a member of Presidium of Political Council of United Democratic Forces of Belarus. In 2007, he was elected Chairman of the Board and since 2008, he is the Director of East European School of Political Studies (Project of Council of Europe).
Publications
- Criteria of Effectiveness of Economic Legislation // Open Society, 1998, #2 (6), Minsk;
- Elections: Pure, Free and Fair. Minsk, 1999. (Co-author).
- Legal Barriers against Entrepreneurship Development // Bulletin of the Economists’ Club, Minsk, 2000, #4.
- Elections: Legal Basis, Electoral Technologies. Minsk, 2000. (Co-Author).
- Political Parties. Belarus and Modern World. Minsk, 2002. (Co-Author), Minsk, 2005 (Second Edition).
- Strategy of Electoral Campaign. Minsk, 2004.
- Articles in Belarusian and foreign press.