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Pyotr Prakapovich

Belarusian economist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ2384660
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Pyotar Piatrovich Prakapovich (Belarusian: Пётaр Пятровіч Пракаповіч, romanized: Piotar Piatrovič Prakapovič Russian: Пётр Петрoвич Прокопoвич, romanized: Pjotr Petrovič Prokopovič; born 3 November 1942) is a Belarusian construction engineer, politician, statesman and central banker. He was the chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus from 1998 to 2011. He is a recipient of a number of state awards, including the title of honor Hero of Belarus (2006).

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Pyotr Prakapovich” as belarusian economist. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1942, 1998, 2011, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1942-11-03. The account is most persuasive where Pyotr, Prakapovich and Belarusian can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as belarusian economist. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2384660. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1942, 1998, 2011 and 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from Pyotr Prakapovich” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.