Lidia Yermoshina
| Lidia Mikhailovna Yermoshina | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1953 Slutsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Belarusian |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University |
| Religion | Orthodox[1] |
Lidia Mikhailovna Yermoshina (Belarusian: Лідзія Міхайлаўна Ярмошына Lidziya Mikhaylauna Yarmoshyna; Russian: Лидия Михайловна Ермошина Lidiya Mikhaylovna Ermoshina; born 29 January 1953) is a Belarusian politician. She has been a member of the Central Election Commission of Belarus since 1992, and Chairwoman since 1996. She is under international scrutiny for purportedly rigging elections in favor of incumbent Aleksandr Lukashenko.
Biography
Yermoshina was born in Slutsk, Minsk Voblast on 29 January 1953. In 1975, she graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. Beginning in 1975, she worked as a legal advisor until becoming an attorney's assistant in 1987. She became Chairwoman of the Judiciary of the City Executive Committee of Babruysk in 1988, a post she held until 1996.
Belarusian elections
She has been a member of the Central Election Commission of Belarus since 1992, and Chairwoman of organization since 1996. On 10 April 2006, following the 2006 presidential election in Belarus, she was placed on a list of over 40 members of the Belarusian government banned from entering the European Union and the United States for allegedly participating in the manipulation of the results of the presidential election; the ban was lifted in 2008.[2]
On 15 December 2010, presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov logged a legal complaint application to the Central Election Commission of Belarus, demanding they remove Yermoshyna from her office as Chairperson of the Central Election Commission. He cited that her position was illegal, as Yermoshyna was a member of incumbent Aleksandr Lukashenko's political team, compromising her neutrality, and was under international scrutiny for purportedly rigging the previous election. The complaints was ineffective.[3]
Personal life
Lidia Yermoshina is married, and has a son.[1]
See also
- Belarusian referendum, 1996
- Belarusian presidential election, 2006
- Belarusian presidential election, 2010
References
- 1 2 "Who is who in Belarus". Марат. 2007–2009. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
- ↑ "EU lifts Belarus travel ban". Aljazeera. 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
- ↑ Batiukov, Michael (16 December 2010). "Presidential Elections in Belarus are Rigged and Falsified Even Before the Elections on December 19th". American Chronicle. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
External links
- Who is who in Belarus (Russian)