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Alexander Khizhnyak
Belarusian politician (born 1978) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alexander Nikolaevich Khizhnyak (Russian: Александр Николаевич Хижняк; born 16 March 1978) is a Belarusian politician serving as leader of the Republican Party of Labour and Justice since 2022.[1]
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Early life
Khiznyak was born on 16 March 1978 in Khoiniki to Nikolai and Irina, a worker on the local railroad, and an economist respectively.[2] Khiznyak and his family where evacuated from Khoiniki due to the Chernobyl disaster being resettled in Smalyavichy before moving to Chysts.[2] Khimnyak graduated from the Belarusian Commercial University with a law degree, and continued his education at the Academy of Public Administration.[2]
Career
After his graduation Khiznyak worked as a lawyer for Belgiproagropischeprom, a design institute in Minsk before working for the Belarusian State Research and Design Institute of Urban Planning.[2] An Urban Planning specialist, Khimnyak worked on designing urban layouts for settlements in Russia, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan.[2]
In 2018 he was elected member of the Minsk City Council as a member of the Republican Party of Labour and Justice (RPTS) and was reelected in 2024.[1][3] His policy positions while in the city council included working to lift western Sanctions, promoting education and family support, and preserving equality and Belarusian sovereignty.[2] In 2022 Khiznyak was elected the leader of the RPTS and despite his continued rise in politics he has gone on record saying it was easier being an urban planner than a politician, and that he preferred designing cities.[2]
In November 2024 he submitted paperwork to stand for president of Belarus in the 2025 presidential election.[4]
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Personal life
Khiznyak is married to Alena Alexandrovna, a museum worker, the couple have three kids; Nikita, Vladislav and Maxim.[2]
While in high-school Khiznyak was a Greco-Roman wrestler and he shares a name with Ukrainian Alexander Khizhnyak who won a gold medal for boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
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