Government of Belarus explained

Government Name:Government of Belarus
Nativename:Урад Рэспублікі Беларусь
Date:1994
Jurisdiction:Republic of Belarus
Url:government.gov.by
Legislature:National Assembly of Belarus
Meeting Place:Government House, Minsk
Leader Type:President
Leader Title:Alexander Lukashenko[1]
Headquarters:Government House, Minsk
Main Organ:Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus
Court:Supreme Court of Belarus

The Government of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Урад Рэспублікі Беларусь|Urad Respubliki Byelarus), which consists of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus, is the executive branch of state power in Belarus, and is appointed by the President of Belarus. The head of the Government is the President of Belarus, who manages the main agenda of the government and direct the ministers.[2] The National Assembly of Belarus is the continuation of the Supreme Soviet of the BSSR and acts as the functioning parliament for Belarus.

Council of Ministers

Below are the 30 members of the Council of Ministers as of 19 August 2020, as well as the head of the presidential administration and the chairmen of the State Committees, who are not technically ministers but are included in the Council of Ministers. Offices which are not technically counted as ministerial posts are italicized. The prime minister, the first deputy prime minister(s), the deputy prime minister(s), the ministers of economy, finance, and foreign affairs, the head of the presidential administration, and the chairman of the State Control Committee together form the Presidium of the Council of Ministers. These officials are highlighted in yellow.[3] The incumbent government resigned en masse on 17 August 2020.[4] A new government was formed on 19 August 2020, consisting of mostly the same people.

Composition

As of 2023:

Prime MinisterRoman Golovchenko
Deputy Prime Minister of BelarusFirst Deputy Prime MinisterNikolai Snopkov
Deputy Prime Minister (for Industry and Energy)Pyotr Parkhomchik
Deputy Prime Minister (for the Social Sphere — Health Care, Education, Culture, Sports)Igor Petrishenko
Deputy Prime Minister (for Construction, Housing-Communal Services and Transport Affairs)Anatoly Sivak
Deputy Prime Minister (for Agriculture)Leonid Zayats
Agriculture Minister of BelarusMinister of Agriculture and FoodIgor Brylo
Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and TradeAlexei Bogdanov
Construction Minister of BelarusMinister of Architecture and ConstructionRuslan Parkhamovich
Culture Minister of BelarusMinister of CultureAnatoly Markevich
Minister of DefenceVictor Khrenin
Minister of EconomyAlexander Chervyakov
Minister of EducationAndrei Ivanets
Minister of Emergency SituationsVadim Sinyavsky
Energy Minister of BelarusMinister of EnergyVictor Karankevich
Finance Minister of BelarusMinister of FinanceYury Selivyorstov
Minister of Foreign AffairsSergei Aleinik
Minister of ForestryAlexander Kulik
Minister of Health CareDmitry Pinevich
Minister of Housing-Communal Servicesvacant
Minister of IndustryAlexander Rogozhnik
Minister of InformationVladimir Pertsov
Minister of Internal AffairsIvan Kubrakov
Justice Minister of BelarusMinister of JusticeSergei Khomenko
Minister of Labour and Social ProtectionIrina Kostevich
Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental ConservationAndrei Khudyk
Minister of Sport and TourismSergei Kovalchuk
Minister of Taxes and DutiesSergei Nalivaiko
Telecommunications Minister of BelarusMinister of Telecommunications and InformatisationKonstantin Shulgan
Minister of Transport and Communicationsvacant
Chairman of the State Security CommitteeIvan Tertel
Chairman of the State Control CommitteeVasily Gerasimov
Chairman of the State Military-Industrial CommitteeDmitry Pantus
Chairman of the State Committee on PropertyDmitry Matusevich
Chairman of the State Committee on Science and TechnologySergei Shlychkov
Chairman of the State Committee on StandardisationValentin Tataritsky
Chairman of the State Border CommitteeKonstantin Molostov
Chairman of the State Customs CommitteeVladimir Orlovsky
Chief of the Staff to the President of BelarusHead of the Presidential AdministrationIgor Sergeenko
Chairman of the National BankPavel Kallaur
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of ScienceVladimir Gusakov
Chairman of the Board of the Republican Union of Consumer SocietiesOleg Matskevich

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lukashenko appoints new government. 19 August 2020.
  2. http://www.pravo.by/main.aspx?guid=3871&p0=H10800424&p2={NRPA} Закон «О Совете Министров Республики Беларусь»
  3. Web site: Government structure, Council of Ministers of Belarus . 30 January 2016 . 13 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190913064409/http://government.gov.by/en/structure . dead .
  4. Web site: Belarusian government resigns. 17 August 2020.