Ivonka Survilla

About

President of the Belarusian National Republic (BNR), the Belarusian government in exile, and the first woman president of the Rada. She notably was the original signer of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.

Before Fame

She ran a Belarusian language radio station in Madrid, Spain.

Trivia

She is a painter whose work has been featured in more than 30 exhibitions.

Family Life

Her father, Uladzimier Shymaniets, was an engineer.

Associated With

She and philosopher Roland Barthes both attended Sorbonne in Paris.