Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich (Belarusian: Станісла́ў Станісла́вавіч Шушке́віч; Stanisłaŭ Stanisłavavič Šuškievič) (b. December 15, 1934) was the head of the Belarus parliament (Chairman (Speaker) of the Supreme Soviet of the Belarus) 1991-1994. He supported free market reforms and played a key role in the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a countrys lower house of parliament or congress (i. ... The Supreme Soviet (Верховный Совет, Verhovniy Sovet, literally the Supreme Council) comprised the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union in the interim of the sessions of the Congress of Soviets, and the only one with the power to pass constitutional amendments. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy... The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (in Russian: Содружество Независимых Государств (СНГ) - Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv) is a confederation or alliance consisting of 12 former Soviet Republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. ...

Before presidency he was a prominent Belarusian scientist, a corresponding member of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Doctor in Physics and Mathematics, professor, an author of award-winning textbooks, over 150 articles and 50 inventions, recipient of various state awards.

On December 8, 1991, in Belavezhskaya Pushcha together with the leaders of Russia (Boris Yeltsin) and Ukraine (Leonid Kravchuk) he signed a declaration that the Soviet Union was dissolved and replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States. December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Białowieża Primaeval Forest, known as Belavezhskaya Pushcha (Белавеская пушча) in Belarus and Puszcza Białowieska in Poland, is an ancient virginal forest straddling the border between Belarus and Poland, located 70 km north of Brest. ... Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin   listen? (Борис Николаевич Ельцин, b. ... Leonid Kravchuk in Kiev, August 1992 Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk (uk: Леонід Макарович Кравчук; born 10 January 1934) is a Ukrainian politician. ... The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (in Russian: Содружество Независимых Государств (СНГ) - Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv) is a confederation or alliance consisting of 12 former Soviet Republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. ...

In late 1993, Alexander Lukashenko, the then chairman of the anti-corruption committee of the Belarusian parliament, accused 70 senior government officials, including Stanislav Shushkevich, the then speaker of the parliament and the acting president, of corruption including stealing state funds for personal purposes. Lukashenko's accusations forced a vote of confidence which Shushkevich lost. Shushkevich was replaced by Vyacheslav Kebich, a Communist. Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (Lukashenka) (Russian: Алекса́ндр Григо́рьевич Лукаше́нко, Belarusian: Алякса́ндр Рыго́равіч Лукашэ́нка, Alaksandar Rygoravič Lukašenka) (born August 30, 1954) is the current President of Belarus. ...

Further investigation revealed that accusations against Shushkevich were false.

In July, 1994 the first democratic presidential elections were held in Belarus. Six candidates stood, including Lukashenko, Shushkevich and Kebich, with the latter regarded as the clear favourite. In the first round Lukashenko won 45% of the vote against 15% for Kebich and only 10% for Shushkevich. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

In 2002 the world learned about the most unusual court case. Shushkevich sued the Belarusian Social Security Ministry: because of inflation his retirement pension of a former head of the state constituted 1 dollar 80 cents monthly. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2004 he attempted to participate in parliamentary elections to the Lukashenka's "parliament", but was refused registeration by the electoral commission on some petty excuses. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...