Board of the Foundation
Free Belarus University (Free Belarus University, Wolny Uniwersytet Białoruski, ВБЎ/VBŬ) was established on the initiative of 59 prominent Belarusian scholars, cultural figures, artists, journalists, politicians, and civic activists.
Official name of the University: Foundation "Free Belarusian University". Registered on May 12, 2017.
The day-to-day management of the Foundation is carried out by the Chancellor of the Board and the Program Director.
The Board of the Foundation meets to decide on strategic issues and directions of development.
Board of the Foundation
Aliaksandr Milinkievič
Chancellor of FBU
Associate professor, PhD in physics with a specialization in quantum electronics, laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought awarded by the European Parliament, advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on European affairs.
Aleś Lahviniec
Program Director
MA in political science, civil society activist, translator.
Council of the Free Belarus University
Sviatlana Aleksijevič
Nobel Prize laureate in literature
Andżelika Borys
Chairperson of the Union of Poles in Belarus, former political prisoner
Aleś Bialacki
Chair of the Human Rights Centre "Viasna", Nobel Peace Prize laureate, political prisoner
Mikołaj Iwanow
Professor, Doctor of History, former Soviet dissident
Stanisłaŭ Šuškievič
(1934–2022)
Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, first leader of independent Belarus (1991-1994)