Hanna Kanapatskaya

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Hanna Kanapatskaya
Ганна Анатольеўна Канапацкая
Анна Канопацкая 12.02.2015.jpg
Kanapatskaya in February 2015
Born
Hanna Kanapatskaya

(1976-10-29) 29 October 1976 (age 45)
NationalityBelarusian
Alma materBelarusian State University
Occupationlawyer, politician, entrepreneur
Years active1995 – present
Known forPresidential candidate in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election
OfficeMember of the House of Representatives of Belarus
Term2016 – 2019
Political partyIndependent
United Civic Party of Belarus (1995 – 2019)

Hanna Anatolyeuna Kanapatskaya (Belarusian: Ганна Анатольеўна Канапацкая) or Anna Anatolyevna Kanopatskaya (Russian: А́нна Анато́льевна Канопа́цкая) (born 29 October 1976) is a Belarusian politician, former MP, lawyer, entrepreneur and candidate in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. She is also a former parliamentary deputy, represented the United Civic Party of Belarus from 1995 to 2019 and served as an MP from 2016 to 2019.[1] She is known for her political campaign on calling Belarus to be freed from Russian interference.[2]

Biography[]

Hanna Kanapatskaya was born in the late Soviet era on 29 October 1976 in Minsk. Her father Anatoly Trukhanovich is a dollar millionaire and her mother is a housewife. She completed her education at the Minsk School no 55 and graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Belarusian State University.[3]

Political career[]

She contested at the 2016 Belarusian parliamentary election representing the United Civic Party and was elected as a deputy of the House of Representatives.[4] She won a seat in the 97th electoral district in the Kastryjčnickaja district of Minsk and was elected to the lower house of Belarus National Assembly as just one of only two opposition candidates along with Alena Anisim. The instance also made her and one other independent candidate to be the first opposition MPs being represented in parliament of Belarus since 2004.[5]

She stepped down from the position of parliamentary deputy in 2019 after a fallout with the United Civic Party following the 2019 Belarusian parliamentary election, where the party failed to receive any seats.[6] She also reported to have run for the position of member of parliament in 2019 but the signatures were invalidated by the Central Election Commission of Belarus.

2020 presidential election[]

On 20 May 2020, she self nominated herself as an independent candidate as she decided to stand as an independent candidate following a fallout with United Civic Party in 2019.[7][8] She also initially attempted to become a main single candidate from the opposition but her candidacy claim was rejected by other primaries.[9] She applied for the registration on 12 May 2020.[10]

On 10 June 2020, she claimed that she had received a total of 100,000 signatures as submissions to the Central Election Commission of Belarus and became the fourth candidate to receive 100,000 signatures and eventually became eligible to contest at the election.[11] She also refused to take part in television debates prior to the election and during an interview in July 2020, she claimed that apart from President Alexander Lukashenko, other candidates were relatively weak and insisted that Lukashenko is the only major rival.[12] She also revealed that she decided to run for presidency by claiming that people of Belarus have lost trust and confidence on Lukashenko's dictator rule for 26 years.[13]

On 10 August 2020, the election results were released and Hanna clinched third place among the candidates with a total valid vote count of 1.68%.[14][15]

References[]

  1. ^ "Former MP Kanapatskaya intends to become single candidate from opposition". belsat.eu. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. ^ Times <info@bylinetimes.com> (https://bylinetimes.com/), Byline (27 July 2020). "The Women Risking Everything to Oppose Belarus' Dictator Lukashenko". Byline Times. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Выборы депутатов Палаты представителей Национального собрания Республики Беларусь 11 сентября 2016". vybory2016.by. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Ганна Канапацкая: юрыстка, разьведзеная, дачка "легальнага беларускага мільянэра"". Радыё Свабода (in Belarusian). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Opposition Figures Win Seats In Belarusian Parliament". Radio Free Europe.
  6. ^ "Ганна Канапацкая заявіла, што прыпыняе сяброўства ў АГП". Радыё Свабода (in Belarusian). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Hanna Kanapatskaya to run for presidency". belsat.eu. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  8. ^ ""Я пока не вижу конкурентов". Анна Канопацкая идет в президенты" (in Russian). TUT.BY. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Канопацкая не прошла. В оппозиционных праймериз будут участвовать 5 кандидатов". belsat.eu (in Russian). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Former MP Kanapatskaya applies to CEC for registration". belsat.eu. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Former MP says 100k signatures for presidency nominations collected". belsat.eu. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Taking On Belarus' President Lukashenka: The Final Four Candidates". Current Time English. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Sensing He May Be In Trouble, Lukashenka Tries To Blunt Election Challenges In Belarus". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Протесты после президентских выборов в Белоруссии. Главное". РБК (in Russian). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Выборы Президента Республики Беларусь 9 августа 2020". vybary2020.by. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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