Aleksander Słuszka

Aleksander Słuszka (1580–1647), of Clan Ostoja, was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic) and politician. He was the starost of Rzeczyca (Rechytsa), Homel (Gomel), Mazyr (Mozyr) and Łojów (Loyew). He was also the castellan of Minsk, the voivode of Minsk (1635), Nowogródek (Navahrudak) (1636), Troki (Trakai) (1642–1647), and marshal of the Lithuanian Tribunal in 1631.

Raised in a Calvinist family, in 1621 he and his wife converted to Roman Catholicism. From then on, a devout Catholic, he funded two monasteries and two churches.