Leonid Dashuk
Leonid Dashuk | |
|---|---|
Леанід Дашук | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 21 February 1991 – 4 February 1994 | |
| Leader | Stanislav Shushkevich |
| Succeeded by | Valentin Sukalo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 June 1938 |
| Alma mater | Belarusian State University |
Awards | Order of the Badge of Honour |
Leonid Andreyevich Dashuk (Russian: Леонид Андреевич Дашук; born 22 June 1938) is a retired Belarusian lawyer who served as the first Minister of Justice of Belarus from 1991 to 1994.
Early life and education
[edit]Leonid Dashuk was born on 22 June 1938 in Slutsk, Belarus.[1]
He graduated from Belarusian State University in 1964.[1]
Career
[edit]Upon graduation, he worked for around a year as a state investigator in the Barysaw and later Myadzyel districts.[2] In 1965, he was elected as a judge in the Myadzyel court.[3]
In 1967, a mob burned down the court building in Slutsk in response to what they believed was a miscarriage of justice. The crowd was protesting the court's attempt to protect a party worker who had committed murder, and in the process, they killed the head of the court.[4] As a result, Dashuk was appointed as the new head of the Slutsk court in 1968.[3] In 1976, he was promoted to the Supreme Court of the Byelorussian SSR.[5] There, he dealt with criminal cases, including presiding over the trials of former Nazi collaborators.[6]
Dashuk left the court in 1990 and moved to the Ministry of Justice, serving first as its deputy head before becoming its chief on 21 February 1991.[3] As its head, he was formally responsible for suspending the activity of the Byelorussian Communist Party in 1991.[7]
In 1992, while still serving as minister, Dashuk was appointed to the Economic Court of the CIS.[2] After leaving his position in the government on 4 February 1994,[8] he was elected as the court's first chairman.[5] Upon his election, he stated that the court would narrowly focus on economic matters.[9] Dashuk retired in 1997.[5]
After retirement, he remained active as a member of the Belarusian Lawyers' Union[10] and criticized the narrow scope of the Economic Court.[11][12]
Awards
[edit]- Order of the Badge of Honour (Soviet Union)[1]
- Honorary Diploma of the Supreme Soviet (Byelorussian SSR)[1]
- Honored Lawyer (Byelorussian SSR)[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Министры" [Ministers] (in Russian). Ministry of Justice of Belarus. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022.
- 1 2 "Экс-Председатели Экономического Суда СНГ" [Former Chairmen of the CIS Economic Court] (in Russian). Commonwealth of Independent States. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 Khvorov, Vladimir (14 May 2019). "Первый министр юстиции независимой Беларуси – случчанин" [The first Minister of Justice of independent Belarus is from Slutsk.] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 18 May 2019.
- ↑ "Гнев народный не всегда праведный" [The anger of the people is not always righteous]. belsmi.by (in Russian). 12 April 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- 1 2 3 Белорусская юридическая энциклопедия: В 4 т.- Т. 1 [Belarusian Legal Encyclopedia: In 4 volumes - Vol. 1] (PDF) (in Russian). Minsk. 2007. p. 328. ISBN 985-6739-57-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Mikhovich, Sergei (20 March 2021). "Кто они, переметнувшиеся на сторону гитлеровских нацистов наши «провинциальные» и залетные коллаборационисты, и каким богам, символам они поклонялись…" [Who are they, our "provincial" and transient collaborators who switched to the side of the Hitlerite Nazis, and what gods and symbols did they worship...]. Belarus Today (in Russian). Archived from the original on 7 August 2021.
- ↑ Navumchik, Serhei (14 June 2011). "Як мы не дапусьцілі прэзыдэнцтва" [How We Did Not Allow the Presidency]. RFE/RL (in Belarusian). Archived from the original on 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Об освобождении от должности Министра юстиции Республики Беларусь Дашука Л.А." [On the release from the post of Minister of Justice of the Republic of Belarus of Dashuk L.A.]. Supreme Council of Belarus. 4 February 1994. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "Что решили" [What was decided?]. Kommersant (in Russian). 6 March 1993. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ↑ "20 лет Союзу юристов страны" [20 years to the Union of Lawyers of the Country]. ncpi.gov.by (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "Экономический суд СНГ разъясняет, но не судит" [The CIS Economic Court clarifies, but does not judge]. Deutsche Welle (in Russian). 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 January 2025.
- ↑ Dashuk, Leonid. "Complimentary Address" (PDF). sudsng.org (in Russian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015.