Central Election Commission of Belarus
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The Central Election Commission of the Republic of Belarus is the superior power body responsible for conducting national elections and overseeing local elections in Belarus
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, the Chairwoman of the CEC, Lidia Yermoshina
, 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.
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
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International Cooperation
The CEC of Belarus is a member of the Association of Central and Eastern European Election OfficialsAssociation of Central and Eastern European Election Officials
The Association of European Election Officials or ACEEEO is an organization of election management bodies founded in 1991 to promote the institutionalization and professionalization of democratic procedures in Europe...
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Allegations of Election Fraud
On 10 April 2006, following the 2006 presidential election in BelarusBelarusian presidential election, 2006
Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 19 March 2006. The result was a victory for incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko, who received 84.4% of the vote. However, western observers deemed the elections rigged...
, the Chairwoman of the CEC, Lidia Yermoshina
Lidia Yermoshina
Lidia Mikhailovna Yermoshina is a Belarusian politician. She has been a member of the Central Election Commission of Belarus since 1992, and Chairwoman since 1996...
, 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.