Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya or Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (born 11 September 1982) is a candidate in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. Prior to becoming a presidential candidate, Tsikhanouskaya was a teacher and interpreter. She is married to arrested YouTuber, blogger, and activist Siarhei Tsikhanouski.After the arrest of her husband on 29 May, Tsikhanouskaya announced her intention to run in his place. She was registered as a candidate on 14 July 2020 as an Independent. After her registration as a candidate, she was endorsed by the campaigns of Valery Tsepkalo and Viktar Babaryka, two prominent opposition politicians who were barred from registering. A photo of Tsikhanouskaya with Maria Kolesnikova, Babaryka's campaign chief, and Veronika Tsepkalo, the wife of Valery Tsepkalo, has become a symbol of her campaign.