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Government of Belarus

The Government of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Урад Рэспублікі Беларусь, romanized: Urad Respubliki Byelarus), which consists of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Савет Міністраў Рэспублікі Беларусь, romanized: Savyet Ministraw Respubliki Byelarus), 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.[1]

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Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus
Савет Міністраў Рэспублікі Беларусь
Overview
Established1994 (current form)
StateBelarus
LeaderPrime Minister
Appointed byPresident
Main organCouncil of Ministers
Responsible toNational Assembly
President
HeadquartersGovernment House, Minsk
Websitegovernment.gov.by
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Powers and duties

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The Council of Ministers is the highest administrative organ and is responsible for the daily operations of the government. It is reporting to the President of Belarus and accountable to the National Assembly. The Council of Ministers issues resolutions that are binding on the entire territory of the Republic of Belarus. The Prime Minister issues orders within the limits of his competence. It has the following competences[2]

  • Manages the system of state administration bodies and other executive bodies subordinate to it, including[3]: state administrative bodies, ministries, state committees, concerns (Belgoskharchprom [ru], Bellegprom [be], Bellespopreprom [be], Belneftekhim) and organizations subordinate to the government (Belarusian Republican Union of Consumer Societies [be])
  • Develops the main directions of domestic and foreign policy and takes measures to implement them;
  • Develops and submits to the President for submission to Parliament a draft republican budget and a report on its implementation;
  • Ensures the implementation of a unified economic, financial, credit and monetary policy, state policy in the fields of science, culture, education, healthcare, ecology, social security and wages;
  • Takes measures to ensure the rights and freedoms of citizens, protect the interests of the state, national security and defense, protect property and public order, and combat crime;
  • Acts on behalf of the owner in relation to property owned by the Republic of Belarus, organizes the management of state property;
  • Ensures the implementation of the Constitution, laws and decrees, decrees and orders of the President;
  • Repeals acts of ministries and other republican state administration bodies;
  • Exercises other powers vested in it by the Constitution, laws and acts of the President.

Structure

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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.[4] The incumbent government resigned en masse on 17 August 2020.[5] A new government was formed on 19 August 2020, consisting of mostly the same people.

Composition

As of 2023:

Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko
First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov
Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Karanik
Minister of Agriculture and FoodIgor Brylo
Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and TradeAlexei Bogdanov
Minister of Architecture and ConstructionRuslan Parkhamovich
Minister of CultureAnatoly Markevich
Minister of DefenceVictor Khrenin
Minister of Economy Alexander Chervyakov
Minister of EducationAndrei Ivanets
Minister of Emergency SituationsVadim Sinyavsky
Minister of EnergyVictor Karankevich
Minister of Finance Yury Seliverstov
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik
Minister of ForestryAlexander Kulik
Minister of Health CareAleksandr Khodzhayev
Minister of Housing-Communal Servicesvacant
Minister of IndustryAlexander Rogozhnik
Minister of InformationVladimir Pertsov
Minister of Internal AffairsIvan Kubrakov
Minister 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
Minister of Telecommunications and InformatisationKonstantin Shulgan
Minister of Transport and Communicationsvacant
Chairman of the State Security CommitteeIvan Tertel
Chairman of the State Control Committee Vasily 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
Head of the Presidential Administration Igor 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

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