Gennady Davydko
Belarusian actor, journalist and politician
Gennady Davydko (Russian: Генна́дий Бронисла́вович Давы́дько, Belarusian: Генадзь Браніслававіч Давыдзька, Hienadz Davydzka) is a Belarusian politician and TV propagandist, included in the sanctions list of the European Union in 2011 - 2016.
Biography
Gennady Davydko was born in Sianno, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Belarus).
He grew up in the Russian Far East. He graduated from the Far Eastern Pedagogical Institute of Arts in Vladivostok, Russia as a drama producer, and from the Belarusian State Academy of Arts. He started his career at the Maxim Gorky Drama Theatre in Orenburg, Russia.
After military service, he worked as an actor in the Vincent Dunin-Marcinkievich Drama and Comedy Theatre in Mahiliou.
In 1981, Davydko became an actor at the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre in Minsk. In 1997, he became the theatre's director. During his career, Davydko played minor roles in several Russian and Belarusian movies.
From 2004 to 2012, Davydko was a member of the lower house of the parliament of Belarus.
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