Vasilevič Ryhor (1955- ), lawyer and justice. He is a graduate of the Belarusian State University. After 1978, he worked at various legal jobs in Miensk and continued his studies. After 1980, Vasilevič taught at his alma mater. From 1986 to 1994, he fulfilled administrative and legal tasks in the republic's Supreme Council and in 1994 was elected a justice of the Constitutional Court. He authored four books and many articles. In the political crisis that surrounded the Referendum of November 1996, President Łukašenka appointed Vasilevič chief justice of the new Constitutional Court in January 1997 after disbanding the previous one chaired by Valery Cichinia.
