Alena Anisim
Алена Анісім
Member of the House of Representatives of Belarus
Assumed office
2016
Personal details
Born
Alena Mikalajeŭna Amelčyc

(1962-09-28) 28 September 1962
Stoŭbcy, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent
Alma materBelarusian State University
Awards Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal (2018)

Alena Mikalajeŭna Anisim[lower-alpha 1] (née Amelčyc[lower-alpha 2]; born 28 September 1962) is a Belarusian opposition politician and linguist currently serving as a member of the House of Representatives of Belarus, the lower house of the National Assembly of Belarus. She is additionally the head of the Francišak Skaryna Belarusian Language Society.

Anisim was born on 28 September 1962 into a peasant family in the town of Stoŭbcy, Minsk Region.

In 1983, she graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Belarusian State University. She then worked as a nursery school and secondary school teacher. From 1991, she was a research associate in the Institute of Jacub Kolas Institute of Linguistics. Since 2017, she has been the chairperson of the Francišak Skaryna Belarusian Language Society. From 2017 to 2018, she actively promoted the creation of a Belarusian-language university in Minsk. However, the project was rejected by the Education Ministry.

In 2014, Anisim became a coordinator of the all-Belarusian Congress for Independence. That same year, the Belarusian congress of intellectuals nominated her for the presidency. However, having started a company, she abruptly withdrew from the race.[1]

In 2016, she and Hanna Kanapatskaya were elected to the House of Representatives of Belarus, the first two opposition politicians to gain seats in twenty years.[2]

In 2019, she announced her candidacy for President of Belarus.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Belarusian: Але́на Мікала́еўна Ані́сім
    Russian: Еле́на Никола́евна Ани́сим, romanized: Yelena Nikolayevna Anisim
  2. ↑ Belarusian: Амельчыц
    Russian: Амельчиц

References

  1. ↑ "Anisim refuses to run for President, Karatkevich doesn't". euroradio.fm. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. ↑ "Opposition Figures Win Seats In Belarusian Parliament". Radio Free Europe. 11 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "'Opposition MP' Alena Anisim announces bid for Belarus presidency". euroradio.fm. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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