Aleh Trusaŭ

Aleh Trusaŭ
Legislator to the Supreme Council of Belarus
In office
1990–1995
Parliamentary groupBelarusian Social Democratic Assembly
Chairman of the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly
In office
1992  July 1995
Preceded byMichaś Tkačoŭ
Succeeded byMikola Statkevich
Parliamentary groupBelarusian Social Democratic Assembly
Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly
Assumed office
February 15, 1998
Parliamentary groupBelarusian Social Democratic Assembly
Personal details
Born (1954-08-07) August 7, 1954
Mstsislaw, Belarus

Aleh Anatolievich Trusaŭ (Belarusian: Алег Анатольевіч Трусаў, Russian: Олег Анатольевич Трусов, romanized: Oleg Anatoljewicz Trusow; born 7 August 1954 in Mstsislaw) is a Belarusian historian, archaeologist, politician, and social activist. He is one of the founders of the BPF Party and the Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly, both of which are organizations and parties with a national and independence-oriented character. From 1990 to 1995, he was a deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic/Supreme Council of Belarus of the 12th convocation and a member of the BPF Party parliamentary opposition faction. He holds the academic title of Candidate of Sciences and is a historian specializing in Belarusian architecture. Since 1999, he has been the chairman of the Francišak Skaryna Belarusian Language Society.