The United Democratic Forces of Belarus (Russian: Объединённые демократические силы; Belarusian: Аб'яднаныя дэмакратычныя сілы Беларусі) is a coalition of political parties participating as the main opposition group during the 2006 presidential election. The group chose Alexander Milinkevich as their candidate in an attempt to defeat the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, the authoritarian president since 1994.