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Vincuk Viačorka
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Viačorka (left) with Lavon Barshcheuski (right) in 2009
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| Born | 7 July 1961 |
| Political party | Belarusian Popular Front |
| Movement | Belarusian opposition |
Valancin Ryhoravič Viačorka (Belarusian: Валянцін Рыгоравіч Вячорка, [vʲinˈtsuk vʲaˈtʂorka], Russian: Валентин Григорьевич Вечёрко, romanized: Valentin Grigoryevich Vechyorko; born 7 July 1961) is a Belarusian linguist, politician and former leader (1999–2007) of the Belarusian Popular Front (BNF), a Belarusian opposition party.
Early life and education
Vincuk Viačorka was born on 7 July 1961 in the Western Belarusian city of Brest.
He graduated from the Faculty of philology at the Belarusian State University (1983) and the Institute of Linguistics at the Belarusian Academy of Sciences (1986).
Professional and political career
Vincuk Viačorka worked as a professor at the Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University and the Belarusian Humanities Lyceum, as a journalist and the deputy chief redactor of the cultural magazine Spadčyna (Belarusian: Спадчына).
From 1979 on, Viačorka has been an active member of the national-democratic movement in Belarus. He was one of the founders of several juvenile cultural groups and organisations, such as Majstroŭnia (Belarusian: Майстроўня, 1979–1984), Talaka (Belarusian: Талака, 1986–1989), and the Confederation of Belarusian Youth Organisations (Belarusian: Канфэдэрацыя беларускіх моладзевых суполак, romanized: Kanfederacyja belaruskich moladzievych supolak, 1988–1989).
Vincuk Viačorka ran for a seat in the Supreme Soviet of Belarus, but was not successful.
In 1988, he was one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front. Viačorka was head of programme documents commission and a member of the party's central board. From 1995 to 1999 he was deputy head of the BPF. In 1999, he was one of the organisers of the Freedom March, a protest against the formation of the Union State between Belarus and Russia.
Vincuk Viačorka is the founder and head of an educational non-governmental organization, the Supolnaść Centre (Belarusian: Цэнтар "Супольнасьць", romanized: Centar "Supolnaść") and was head of the working group of the NGO Assembly of Belarus (1999–2000).
Personal life and family
Vincuk Viačorka speaks several European languages, is married, has two daughters and a son. His wife Aryna is a mathematician. His son Franak is a youth activist for the BNF, and is a former student of the Belarusian Humanities Lyceum. Both Vincuk and his son were featured in the 2006 documentary film by Mirosław Dembiński, A Lesson of Belarusian.
