Belarus leader says: I'm not the last dictator in Europe

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a press conference in Minsk, Belarus July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed on Thursday a description that he was "Europe's last dictator", saying that he was not a dictator but that if he were, he would certainly not be the last.

Lukashenko, 68, has ruled Belarus with an iron fist since 1994 and in an interview with Reuters in 2012 had relished his notoriety as Europe’s last dictator.