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title: "Belarus Elections: Lukashenko Announces 2025 Re-election Bid"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/30955/belarus-elections-lukashenko-announces-2025-re-election-bid
published: 2024-02-25T14:59:47Z
language: en
author: "Bogdan Nigai"
section: "International"
source: radiomoldova.md
---

# Belarus Elections: Lukashenko Announces 2025 Re-election Bid

> Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has announced he will run for re-election in 2025, according to the state-run BelTA news agency, quoted by Reuters.

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has announced he will run for re-election in 2025, according to the state-run BelTA news agency, quoted by [Reuters. ](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belarus-lukashenko-says-hell-run-president-2025-2024-02-25/)

![Reuters](https://storage.radiomoldova.md/images/efaf6caa-5cf1-408d-9a87-b24240012d4d.jpg)

*Sursa: Reuters*

*"Tell them (the exiled opposition) that I will run,"* Lukashenko told reporters after casting his ballot in Sunday's parliamentary and local council elections. *"A responsible president would never abandon the people who supported him,"* he added.

Sunday's elections are the first in Belarus since a wave of political crackdowns began three and a half years ago, following widespread protests against Lukashenko's disputed re-election victory.  

Lukashenko, 69, has ruled Belarus since 1994 and is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

Translation by **Iurie Tataru**