{"id":204871,"date":"2026-09-23T12:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/204871\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T12:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:07:09","slug":"opposition-politician-proposes-naming-free-belarusian-university-after-milinkievic","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/204871\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition politician proposes naming Free Belarusian University after Milinkievi\u010d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n (Courtesy of Pavie\u0142 Ciera\u0161kovi\u010d)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

September 23, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The late Alaksandar Milinkievi\u010d embodied Belarusian identity, intellectualism and genuine nobility without pretension, Pavie\u0142 Ciera\u0161kovi\u010d, an adviser to Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja on research and education, told the 23rd Minsk Forum in Warsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also supported the idea that the Free Belarusian University, co-founded by Milinkievi\u010d and Belarusian\u00a0Nobel Prize-winning author \u015aviat\u0142ana Aleksijevi\u010d in 2017 in Warsaw, should bear his name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid the crackdown on \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s opponents after the 2020 presidential election, Milinkievi\u010d and his wife moved to Poland. While in exile, Milinkievi\u010d promoted Free Belarusian University as a center of Belarusian learning abroad. He considered Cichano\u016dskaja as the winner of the 2020 election and the undisputed leader of all Belarusian pro-democracy forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milinkievi\u010d died on August 11 aged 79.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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