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
Leonid Dashuk was born on 22 June 1938 in Slutsk, Belarus.[1]
He graduated from Belarusian State University in 1964.[1]
Career
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
- Order of the Badge of Honour (Soviet Union)[1]
- Honorary Diploma of the Supreme Soviet (Byelorussian SSR)[1]
- Honored Lawyer (Byelorussian SSR)[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Министры" [Ministers] (in Russian). Ministry of Justice of Belarus. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c 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.