Helen Michaluk (, Marcinkevich; 15 May 1930 â 16 October 2022) was a prominent figure of the Belarusian diaspora, a long-standing (and the only female) head of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain.
Michaluk was born in the village of , in the north-east part of the Second Polish Republic (now Sharkawshchyna District of Vicebsk Region, Republic of Belarus). She went to a Polish and then â Belarusian school.
In 1947, she settled in the United Kingdom and, two years later, married . She became a member of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain and the Anglo-Belarusian Society; she was also actively involved with St Cyril of Turaà  Belarusian school in London and the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
In 1982, Michaluk became a member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. In 1997, she was elected the chair of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britainàâ the position she held until 2013.
Michaluk died on 16 October 2022, at the age of 92, and is buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery.
In 2019, Michaluk was awarded a Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal for her contribution to Belarusian public life in the diaspora.