Prime Minister of Belarus
The prime minister of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Прэм’ер-міністр Рэспублікі Беларусь, Russian: Премьер-министр Республики Беларусь) is the office of the head of government of Belarus. Until 1991, it was known as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic as the head of the government of the constituent republic of the Soviet Union.
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus | |
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| Style | Prime Minister (informally) His Excellency (international correspondence) |
| Residence | Minsk |
| Appointer | President of Belarus (following approval by the House of Representatives of the National Assembly) |
| Inaugural holder | Vyacheslav Kebich |
| Formation | 1 August 1920 (as the Chairman of the People's Commissiars) 1946 (as Chairman of the Council of Ministers) 19 September 1991 (Current form) |
| Website | Council of Ministers |
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He/she leads the Council of Ministers of Belarus,[1] the central government body, and is accountable to the president and the National Assembly. The prime minister is nominated by the president of Belarus and is confirmed by the House of Representatives, which is the lower house of the National Assembly. Once the prime minister is appointed they form a 30-member cabinet which consists of ministers and chairmen, the latter of which is a non-ministerial post.
Government House in Minsk
The activities of the prime minister in managing the government include:[2][3][4]
- Signing government legislation
- Inform the President on the basic guidelines of the government
- Draft national budget
- Enforce a uniform financial, monetary, education, health care, and labour policy
- Ensure the implementation of decrees and instructions of the president
The official workplace of the prime minister is at Government House on Independence Square.
Prime ministers (since 1991)
| No | Picture | Name (Born-Died) |
Took office | Left office | Birthplace | Tenure (in days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Vyacheslav Kebich (1936–2020) | 19 September 1991 | 21 July 1994 | Kanyushawshchyna, Minsk Region | 1566 days |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp) | Mikhail Chigir (1948–) | 21 July 1994 | 18 November 1996 | Vusava, Minsk Region | 851 days |
| 3 |  | Sergey Ling (1937–) | 18 November 1996 | 18 February 2000 | Minsk, Minsk Region | 1187 days |
| 4 |  | Vladimir Yermoshin (1942–) | 18 February 2000 | 1 October 2001 | Pronsk, Russian SFSR | 591 days |
| 5 | | Gennady Novitsky (1949–) | 1 October 2001 | 11 July 2004 | Mogilev, Mogilev Region | 647 days |
| 6 |  | Sergei Sidorsky (1954–) [5][6] | 11 July 2004 | 28 December 2010 | Gomel, Gomel Region | 2728 days (longest serving)[7] |
| 7 |  | Mikhail Myasnikovich (1950–)[8] | 28 December 2010 | 27 December 2014 | Novy Snow, Minsk Region | 1461 days |
| 8 | .jpg.webp) | Andrei Kobyakov (1960–)[9][10] | 27 December 2014 | 18 August 2018 | Moscow, Russian SFSR | 1330 days |
| 9 | .jpg.webp) | Syarhey Rumas (1969–)[11][12] | 18 August 2018 | 3 June 2020 | Gomel, Gomel Region | 656 days |
| 10 | (portrait).jpg.webp) | Roman Golovchenko (1973–)[13] | 4 June 2020 19 August 2020 | 17 August 2020 Incumbent | Zhodzina, Minsk Region | 247 days |
See also
- List of rulers of Belarus
- List of national leaders of Belarus
- President of Belarus
- List of Prime Ministers of Belarus
- National Assembly of Belarus
References
- Закон «О Совете Министров Республики Беларусь»
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2019-06-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ 1994 ГОДА (с изменениями и дополнениями, принятыми на республиканских референдумах 24 ноября 1996 г. и 17 октября 2004 г.)
- Закон Рэспублікі Беларусь ад 23 ліпеня 2008 г. № 424-З «Аб Савеце Міністраў Рэспублікі Беларусь»
- https://www.voanews.com/a/belarus-gets-new-prime-minister-amid-growing-criticism-112565979/132861.html
- https://www.reuters.com/article/belarus-lukashenko-goverment/belarus-lukashenko-reshuffles-govt-names-new-pm-idUSLDE6BR0X920101228
- https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/prime-ministers-of-belarus-since-1990.html
- "Belarus: President Alexander Lukashenko sacks prime minister as country reels from Russia's economic woes". news.com.au. AP. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/18/belarus-president-fires-prime-minister-after-corruption-scandal
- https://www.coe.int/en/web/corruption/completed-projects/enpi/newsroom-enpi/-/asset_publisher/F0LygN4lv4rX/content/belarus-president-fires-prime-minister-over-corrupti-1?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coe.int%2Fweb%2Fcorruption%2Fcompleted-projects%2Fenpi%2Fnewsroom-enpi%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_F0LygN4lv4rX%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-4%26p_p_col_count%3D1%26_101_INSTANCE_F0LygN4lv4rX_advancedSearch%3Dfalse%26_101_INSTANCE_F0LygN4lv4rX_keywords%3D%26_101_INSTANCE_F0LygN4lv4rX_delta%3D20%26p_r_p_564233524_resetCur%3Dfalse%26_101_INSTANCE_F0LygN4lv4rX_cur%3D4%26_101_INSTANCE_F0LygN4lv4rX_andOperator%3Dtrue
- https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1L30D7
- https://www.rferl.org/amp/belarusian-president-names-new-premier-reshuffles-government/29440791.html
- https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-new-prime-minister-lukashenka-names-new-pm-presidential-vote/30653329.html
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