7th Council of the Republic of Belarus explained

Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the 7th convocation
Country: Belarus
Body:Council of the Republic of the National Assembly
Meeting Place:Krasnoarmeyskaya 9, Minsk
Term:17 November 2019—
2023
After:8th convocation
Website:sovrep.gov.by
Membership1:60
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:Chairwoman
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:Deputy Chairman
Chamber1 Leader2:Anatoly Isachenko

Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the 7th convocation is the current convocation of the upper house of the Belarusian Parliament, elected in indirect elections by the regional Councils of Deputies on 7 November 2019.

On 12 November 2019, at a meeting of the Central Commission of the Republic of Belarus for elections and holding republican referendums, the results of the elections of members of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the seventh convocation were established. Eight members of the Council of the Republic were elected from each region, the city of Minsk, and 4 more members were appointed by the President of the Republic of Belarus. A total of 60 members of the Council of the Republic were elected.[1]

Formation procedure

The Council of the Republic is the chamber of territorial representation. In accordance with part two of Article 91 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, eight members of the Council of the Republic are elected from each region and the city of Minsk by secret ballot at meetings of deputies of local Councils, deputies of the base level of each region and the city of Minsk. Eight members of the Council of the Republic are appointed by the President of the Republic of Belarus.

In accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, elections of a new composition of the Council of the Republic are appointed by the President of the Republic of Belarus no later than four months and are held no later than 30 days before the end of the powers of the Council of the Republic of the current convocation. Extraordinary elections of the Council of the Republic are held within three months from the date of early termination of its powers.

A citizen of the Republic of Belarus who has reached the age of 30 and has lived in the territory of the relevant region, the city of Minsk for at least five years may be a member of the Council of the Republic. A member of the Council of the Republic cannot be a member of the House of Representatives or a member of the Government at the same time; it is not allowed to combine the duties of a member of the Council of the Republic with the simultaneous holding of the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus or a judge.

The first session of the Council of the Republic after the elections is convened by the Central Commission for Elections and Republican Referendums and begins its work no later than 30 days after the elections.

Composition

Leadership

Presidium of the Council of the Republic

Composition

The Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the 7th convocation consists of the following members:[3]

RegionDeputyPartyBirth yearNotes
BrestAleksandr KarpitskyIndependent1960
Vasily MarkevichIndependent1958
Yuri NarkevichIndependent1964
Grigory ProstosovitskyIndependent1961
Irina SachkovskayaIndependent1968
Vladimir KhrolenkoIndependent1963
Tamara ShatlikovaIndependent1961
Anatoly SholtanyukIndependent1962
VitebskDmitry DemidovIndependent1975
Yuri DerkachIndependent1962
Oleg ZhingelIndependent1967
Irina LevkovichIndependent1964
Vladimir MatveyevIndependent1964
Yelena PantyukhovaIndependent1972
Tatyana PolushkinaIndependent1957
Anatoly ShchastnyIndependent1961
GomelTatyana AbelIndependent1964
Vladimir KotovichIndependent1962
Aleksandr LyakhovIndependent1962
Alexey NeverovIndependent1973
Oleg SlinkoIndependent1975
Alla SmolyakCommunist Party1973
Andrey ShishkinIndependent1972
Feliks YashkovIndependent1964
GrodnoValentin BaykoIndependent1969
Igor GedichIndependent1971
Viktor LiskovichIndependent1960Presidium member
Oleg RomanovIndependent1975
Yekaterina SerafinovichIndependent1965
Independent1959Resigned on 8 October 2020[4]
Elvira SorokoIndependent1968
Aleksandr ShishkoIndependent1959
MinskAleksandr BachiloIndependent1961
Valery GaidukevichIndependent1953
Ivan GolovatyIndependent1976
Yelena ZyablikovaIndependent1967
Kalina KaputskayaIndependent1975
Vladimir LukyanovIndependent1972
Oleg SukonkoIndependent1951
Natalya YakubitskayaIndependent1971
MogilevViktor AnanichIndependent1963
Segey AnyukhovskyIndependent1980
Dmitry VoronyukIndependent1987
Oleg DyachenkoIndependent1971
Igor KaskoIndependent1971
Aleksey KushnarenkoIndependent1975
Valery PolischukIndependent1963
Oleg PortnikIndependent1959
Minsk CityKonstantin DrozdovskyIndependent1974
Andrey IvanetsIndependent1984
Marina IlyinaIndependent1970
Oleg RummoIndependent1970
Tatyana RunetsIndependent1969Presidium member
Andrey RusakovichIndependent1965
Sergey SivetsIndependent1973Presidium member
Viktor ChaychitsIndependent1960
Appointed
by President
Independent1966Presidium member, Deputy Chairman
Natalya KochanovaIndependent1960Presidium member, Chairwoman
Independent1960Presidium member
Agrarian Party1954Presidium member
Dzmitry BaskauIndependent1978

See also

References

  1. Web site: 12 November 2019 . Сообщение Центральной комиссии Республики Беларусь по выборам и проведению республиканских референдумов . 7 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Руководство Совета Республики . https://web.archive.org/web/20191204074928/http://sovrep.gov.by/ru/senators-ru/viewLeaders/ . 2019-12-04 . 2019-12-08 . Официальный сайт Совета Республики .
  3. Web site: Об итогах выборов членов Совета Республики Национального собрания Республики Беларусь седьмого созыва . https://web.archive.org/web/20191126105200/http://rec.gov.by/sites/default/files/pdf/2019/SRNS_itogi.pdf . 2019-11-26 . 2019-11-24 .
  4. News: 8 October 2020 . Бывший ректор Гродненского медицинского университета Виктор Снежицкий больше не сенатор . . https://web.archive.org/web/20201011082429/https://news.tut.by/society/703369.html . 2020-10-11 . 7 October 2022.