Vyachaslau Kebich

Vyachaslau Kebich
1st Prime Minister of Belarus
In office
September 19, 1991 – July 21, 1994
Succeeded by Mikhail Chigir
Personal details
Born Кonyushevschinа, Minsk voblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Profession Engineer

Vyachaslau Frantsavich Kebich (Belarusian: Вячаслаў Францавіч Кебіч, Viačaslaǔ Francavič Kiebič, [vʲatʂaˈsɫau̯ ˈcebʲitʂ]; born June 10, 1936 in Wołożyn, Poland) is a political figure from Belarus. He was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, serving from 1991 until 1994, having held the equivalent office of the Byelorussian SSR since 1990. Kebich was also one of two candidates in the final running for President of Belarus in 1994, but losing to current leader Alexander Lukashenko by a wide margin. After that election, he has led the Belarusian Commerce and Financial Union and was member of the House of Representatives. Before his career as a politician, Kebich worked as an engineer.

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