Government of Belarus

National government of Belarus

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Government of Republic of BelarusУрад Рэспублікі Беларусь

House of Government, Minsk

Formation| 1994
Jurisdiction| Republic of Belarus
Website| government.gov.by
Legislative branch
Legislature| National Assembly of Belarus
Meeting place| Government House, Minsk
Executive branch
President| Alexander Lukashenko[1]
Headquarters| Government House, Minsk
Main organ| Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus
Judicial branch
Court| Supreme Court 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.[2] The National Assembly of Belarus is the continuation of the Supreme Soviet of the BSSR and acts as the functioning parliament for Belarus.

Politics of Belarus

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President
Alexander Lukashenko

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Roman Golovchenko

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Minister: Sergei Aleinik

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## Council of Ministers

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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.[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.[1]

### Composition

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As of 2023:

Prime Minister | Roman Golovchenko

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First Deputy Prime Minister | Nikolai 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
Minister of Agriculture and Food | Igor Brylo
Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade | Alexei Bogdanov
Minister of Architecture and Construction | Ruslan Parkhamovich
Minister of Culture | Anatoly Markevich
Minister of Defence | Victor Khrenin
Minister of Economy | Alexander Chervyakov
Minister of Education | Andrei Ivanets
Minister of Emergency Situations | Vadim Sinyavsky
Minister of Energy | Victor Karankevich
Minister of Finance | Yury Selivyorstov
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Sergei Aleinik
Minister of Forestry | Alexander Kulik
Minister of Health Care | Dmitry Pinevich
Minister of Housing-Communal Services | vacant
Minister of Industry | Alexander Rogozhnik
Minister of Information | Vladimir Pertsov
Minister of Internal Affairs | Ivan Kubrakov
Minister of Justice | Sergei Khomenko
Minister of Labour and Social Protection | Irina Kostevich
Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation | Andrei Khudyk
Minister of Sport and Tourism | Sergei Kovalchuk
Minister of Taxes and Duties | Sergei Nalivaiko
Minister of Telecommunications and Informatisation | Konstantin Shulgan
Minister of Transport and Communications | vacant
Chairman of the State Security Committee | Ivan Tertel
Chairman of the State Control Committee | Vasily Gerasimov
Chairman of the State Military-Industrial Committee | Dmitry Pantus
Chairman of the State Committee on Property | Dmitry Matusevich
Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology | Sergei Shlychkov
Chairman of the State Committee on Standardisation | Valentin Tataritsky
Chairman of the State Border Committee | Konstantin Molostov
Chairman of the State Customs Committee | Vladimir Orlovsky
Head of the Presidential Administration | Igor Sergeenko
Chairman of the National Bank | Pavel Kallaur
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Science | Vladimir Gusakov
Chairman of the Board of the Republican Union of Consumer Societies | Oleg Matskevich

## See also

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* Supreme Soviet of Belarus, the preceding supreme state power in Belarus
* National Assembly of Belarus, the current supreme state power in Belarus

## References

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1. ^ a b "Lukashenko appoints new government". 19 August 2020.
2. ^ Закон «О Совете Министров Республики Беларусь»
3. ^ "Government structure, Council of Ministers of Belarus". Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
4. ^ "Belarusian government resigns". 17 August 2020.

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