Myechyslaw Hryb

Myechyslaw Hryb
Мечыслаў Грыб Мечислав Гриб
Hryb in 2015
2nd Chairman of the Supreme Council Of Belarus
In office 28 January 1994 – 10 January 1996
Prime Minister	Vyacheslav Kebich Mikhail Chigir
Preceded by	Stanislav Shushkevich Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (acting)
Succeeded by	Alexander Lukashenko (as Head of State) Anatoly Malofeyev (as Speaker of Parliament)
Personal details
Born	Myechyslaw Ivanavich Hryb (1938-09-25) 25 September 1938 (age 86) Sawicze, Nowogródek Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
Political party	SDP
Military service
Branch/service	Militsiya (Belarus)
Years of service	1959-1994
Rank	Lieutenant General

Myechyslaw Ivanavich Hryb^[a] (born 25 September 1938) is a Belarusian politician who was the second head of state of Belarus from January to July 1994 and the second chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus of Belarus from 1994 to 1996.

In his capacity as the head of state, Hryb adopted the first Constitution of Belarus.^[1] He also held the 1994 presidential elections where Alexander Lukashenko replaced him in the new office called president, which became the new head of state office. He retained his role continued as a parliamentary speaker. Hryb is now a politician in the opposition and a member of the Social-Democratic Party.^[2]

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