2017 in Belarus

The following lists events in the year 2017 in Belarus.

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Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	History of Belarus List of years in Belarus

Incumbents

• President: Alexander Lukashenko
• Prime Minister: Andrei Kobyakov

Events

February

• 19 February - 2000 people spread the march of the 2017 Belarusian protests from the capital of Minsk to other cities in Belarus against a 2015 tax law.^[1]

March

• 25 March - Despite bans on protests, hundreds protest in Minsk against a so-called "social parasites" tax on the unemployed.^[2]

Deaths

Alexander Tikhanovich

• 28 January – Alexander Tikhanovich, pop singer (b. 1952).^[3]

• 2 August – Alexander Gerasimenko, politician and diplomat (b. 1946)