Oleg Łatyszonek (Belarusian: Алег Латышонак, Aleh Latyshonak) (born May 27, 1957 in Elbląg) is a historian from Białystok, Poland, of Belarusian ancestry.
Oleg Latyszonek was involved with the "Solidarity" political movement in 1980s and was imprisoned for assistance in publishing of illegal bulletins.
[1] He is one of the founders of the Belarusian Historical Society, Poland.
[2] Łatyszonek is the driving force of the Radio Racja radio station that broadcasts from Bialystok in Belarusian language targeting the Belarusians in both in Poland and Belarus, as well as the Polish minority in Belarus.
[3] In 2008 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.