Vladimir Novosiad
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| Born | April 12, 1968 Kiev (Ukraine) |
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| Nationality | Belarusian |
| Political party | Belarusian Liberal Party of Freedom and Progress (PFP) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | Orthodox Christian |
Vladimir Novosiad was born on April 12, 1968 in Kiev (Ukraine). Variants of his name include the following: Vladimir Novosyad, Uladzimir Navasiad, Uladzimir Navasyad, (Belarusian: Навасяд Уладзiмiр Уладзiмiравіч, Russian: Новося́д Владимир Владимирович)
[edit] Political activity
At the end of the 80s, while being a student of the Mogilev State Pedagogical University, Vladimir Novosiad created a non-governmental organization “Student's Union“ that became an alternative to Komsomol organization of the university. The organization strived for development of student's self-administration. He was also an initiator of creation of the Republican Student's Union - an organization, the goal of which was to take an organized action against the monopoly of Comsomol organization and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in educational institutions of the country.
In 1990 Vladimir Novosiad won Mogilev City Council elections and became City Council member for the period from 1990 to 1996. He initiated establishment of Youth Department in the Mogilev City Administration (first one in Belarus). From 1993 to 1995 he was in charge of this department. After the establishment of the "vertical administration" initiated by A.Lukashenko in 1995, he left the office by his own will.
In 1995 Vladimir Novosiad won the elections to the Belarusian parliament (the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus) and assumed the post of the Deputy Chairman of the State Construction and Self-Government Commission. In 1995 he became a co-founder of the parliamentary fraction called “Civil Action“ that was headed by Stanislav Bogdankevich. After the constitutional crisis and referendum in 1996 Vladimir Novosiad was “dismissed” from the Supreme Soviet in connection with “personnel reduction”.
In 1995 he created the republican youth non-governmental organization “Civil Forum“ and was elected its chairman. In 1997 he initiated creation of the first youth coalition named “Young Belarus”. In 1999 the youth organization “Civil Forum” headed by Novosiad founded the newspaper “Youth Prospectus” (Russian: «Молодежный проспект»). The newspaper was closed by the authorities in 2006.
In 1999 Vladimir Novosiad refused to participate in boycott announced by the opposition in relation to the parliamentary elections 2000. He was registered as a candidate and won the elections in one of the Minsk city constituencies. So he became a member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus. Being the MP he submitted for consideration of the Parliament a number of draft laws (“On Alternative Military Service“, “On Savings of Citizens“), a set of amendments to the law “On Status of the House of Representatives“, etc. During this time he also actively worked in close cooperation with the inhabitants of his constituency.
Vladimir Novosiad was not allowed to participate in parliamentary elections 2004 and local elections 2007 by the officials of electoral commissions. In the first case Vladimir Novosyad's victory was hindered by removing him from the electoral list five days prior to the ballot day, in the second - he was not even registered as a candidate.
The idea to establish the first Belarusian liberal party «Party of Freedom and Progress (PFP)» appeared among Nodosiad’s supporters in 2001-2003. The Organizing Committee led by Vladimir Novosiad was formed simultaneously. The party has not been registered yet, as the Ministry of Justice refused to register it three times in a row under formal grounds. The fourth Constituent congress is planned for the second half of 2007 or the beginning of 2008.
