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Alexander Lukashenko, Lukashenko also spelled Lukashenka, (born August 30, 1954, Kopys, Vitebsk oblast, Belorussia, U.S.S.R. [now in Belarus]), Belarusian politician who espoused communist principles and who became president of the country in 1994.Lukashenko graduated from the Mogilyov Teaching Institute and the Belarusian Agricultural Academy.