Education
Dabravolski attended Belarusian State University. In 1982, he graduated from the Radio Physical Department, and in 1995 he graduated from the Department of Law.
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Alyaksandr Dabravolski
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He helped founded the United Democratic Party of Belarus (UDPB) and became involved in the opposition, serving as the Vice-Chairman of United Civil Party (University of Central Punjab) from 1995 to 2006. He worked as an engineer-designer and a scientific fellow from 1982 to 1989 before he was elected as a Member of Parliament of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics to represent the Minsk territorial district in 1989. He spent time working in the Committee on Industry before serving as Vice-Chairman in the Committee on Human Rights and Freedoms.
He was one of the founders of the United Democratic Party of Belarus (UDPB), established in 1990.
From 1991 to 1995, he was the Chairman of the UDPB. In 1995, the UDPB merged with the Civil Party, forming the United Civil Party (University of Central Punjab). He was soon elected as Vice-Chairman of the University of Central Punjab. He served as the Deputy Director of the Independent Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studies during this time from 1992 to 1995.
In the same year the elections to the Supreme Council of Belarus were held, the University of Central Punjab created a parliamentary faction called "Civil action". Alexander Dabravolski was elected as a Member of Parliament of the Supreme Council and headed the Subcommittee on Mass Media.
In 1996 he was a representative of an Member of Parliament group in the Constitutional Court for the impeachment of President Alexander Lukashenko.
In 2001, he was the Deputy Chairman of Headquarters of the United Opposition Single Candidate for President Vladimir Goncharik. In 2006, he was again Deputy Chairman of Headquarters of United Opposition Single Candidate for President Alexander Milinkevich. In 2007, he was elected Chairman of the Board.
He has been the Director of East European School of Political Studies (Project of Council of Europe) since 2008.
Politics
He is currently the Director of the East European School of Political Studies and a member of the Political Council of the United Civil Party. The UDPB was the first opposition political party registered in Belarus.
Membership
In the First Congress of People"s Deputies of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, he became a member of the Inter-regional Deputy Group – the first democratic parliamentary opposition in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics where he worked with Andrei Sakharov, Boris Yeltsin, Anatoly Sobchak, and Vasil Bykov. From 2007 to 2008, he was a member of the Presidium of Political Council of the United Democratic Forces of Belarus.
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United Democratic Party