Zacharanka Jury (also Zakharenko Yuri; 1952- ), politician and leader of the opposition to President Łukašenka and former minister of the interior of the Republic of Belarus (1994-1996). Born in Homiel Province and a graduate of the Academy of the Interior Ministry of the USSR (1987), he reached the rank of major-general. From 1991 he worked in anticrime organs of the USSR and Belarus. In 1992-1996, Zacharanka served as minister of the interior of the Republic of Belarus. After his dismissal from the ministerial post in October 1996, he joined the United Civic Party. In October 1996, Zacharanka was elected chairman of the nongovernmental Civil Commission on Investigation of Crimes of the Regime.
