- Vincuk Viačorka
Vincuk Viačorka (Belarusian: "Вінцук Вячорка", IPA2|vʲin'tsuk vʲa'tʂorka, born
July 7 ,1961 ) is aBelarus ian linguist, politician and the fomer leader (1999-2007) of the Belarusian National Front (BNF), a Belarusian opposition party.Vincuk Viačorka was born on
July 7 ,1961 in Brest in the family of aSoviet bureaucrat.He graduated from the
Philology faculty of theBelarusian State University (1983) and the Linguistics Institute of theBelarus Academy of Sciences (1986).Vincuk Viačorka worked as a professor at the
Minsk State Pedagogical Institute and theBelarusian Humanities Lyceum , as a journalist and the deputy chief redactor of the culture magazine "Spadčyna" ("Спадчына").From 1979, Viačorka was an active member of the national-democratic movement in Belarus. He was one of the founders of several juvenile cultural groups and organisations: Majstroŭnia ("Майстроўня", 1979–1984), Tałaka ("Талака", 1986–1989), the Confederation of Belarusian Juvenile Organisations (1988–1989).
Vincuk Viačorka candidated for deputate in the
Supreme Soviet of Belarus, but was not successful.In 1988, he was one of the founders of the BPF. Viačorka was head of programme documents commission and a member of the party's central board. In 1995-1999 he was deputy head of the BPF.
Mr. Viačorka is the founder and head of an educational
non-governmental organization , the Supolnaść Centre ("Цэнтар "Супольнасьць") and was head of the working group of the NGO Assembly of Belarus (1999–2000).Vincuk Viačorka speaks several European languages, is married, has two daughters and a son. His wife Aryna is a mathematician.
External links
* [http://viacorka.pbnf.org/index.htm Vincuk Viačorka's 2004 parliamentary elections campaign]
* [http://www.pbnf.org Partyja BNF] - official website
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