Vintsuk (Valentyn) Viachorka is a Belarusian politician and linguist, and a pioneer of the independent youth movement of the 1980s. Coming from a Soviet party elite family, he rejected Soviet ideology, seeking cultural and national identity. While a student at Belarusian State University, he co-founded the youth organizations «Maistroŭnia» and «Talaka» and played a key role in the Confederation of Belarusian Youth Associations. In the late 1980s, he became a founding member of the Belarusian Popular Front (BNF), leading the organization from 1999 to 2007. Since 2020, he has lived in exile.