Government of Belarus

The Government of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Урад Рэспублікі Беларусь), which consists of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Савет Міністраў Рэспублікі Беларусь), is the executive branch of state power in Belarus, and it 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.

Government of Belarus

Урад Рэспублікі Беларусь
House of Government, Minsk
Formation	1994
Jurisdiction	Republic of Belarus
Website	government.gov.by
Executive branch
Prime Minister	Roman Golovchenko[1]

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] New government was formed on 19 August 2020, consisting mostly of same people.[5]

Composition

Prime Minister	Roman Golovchenko
First Deputy Prime Minister	Nikolai Snopkov
Deputy Prime Minister	Yury Nazarov
Deputy Prime Minister	Igor Petrishenko
Deputy Prime Minister	Anatoly Sivak
Deputy Prime Minister	Aleksandr Subbotin
Minister of Agriculture and Food	Ivan Krupko
Minister of Architecture and Construction	Ruslan Parkhamovich
Minister of Culture	Yury Bondar
Minister of Defence	Viktor Khrenin
Minister of Economy	Aleksandr Chervyakov
Minister of Education	Igor Karpenko
Minister of Emergency Situations	Vladimir Vashchenko
Minister of Energy	Viktor Karankevich
Minister of Finance	Yury Seliverstov
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Vladimir Makei
Minister of Forestry	Vitaly Drozhzha
Minister of Health Care	Dmitry Pinevich (acting)
Minister of Housing-Communal Services	Andrei Khmel
Minister of Industry	Pyotr Parkhomchik
Minister of Information	Igor Lutsky
Minister of Internal Affairs	Yury Karayev
Minister of Justice	Oleg Slizhevsky
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 Trade	Vladimir Koltovich
Minister of Transport and Communications	Aleksei Avramenko
Head of the Presidential Administration	Igor Sergeyenko
Chairman of the State Security Committee	Ivan Tertel
Chairman of the State Control Committee	Vasily Gerasimov (acting)
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	Aleksandr Shumilin
Chairman of the State Committee on Standardisation	Valentin Tataritsky
Chairman of the State Border Committee	Anatoly Lappo
Chairman of the State Customs Committee	Yury Senko

See also

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

References

1. https://eng.belta.by/president/view/lukashenko-appoints-new-government-132715-2020/
2. Закон «О Совете Министров Республики Беларусь»
3. Government structure, Council of Ministers of Belarus
4. https://eng.belta.by/politics/view/belarusian-government-resigns-132612-2020/
5. https://eng.belta.by/president/view/lukashenko-appoints-new-government-132715-2020/