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. He/she leads the Council of Ministers of Belarus,[2] 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 appinted they form a 30 member cabinet which consists of ministers and chairmen, the latter of which is a non-ministerial post.
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus | |
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 Emblem of Belarus | |
| 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 | 19 September 1991 (as Chairman of the Council of Ministers) |
| Website | Council of Ministers |
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The activities of the Prime Minister in managing the government include:[3][4][5]
- 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. Since 4 June 2020, the Prime Minister has been Roman Golovchenko.
Prime Ministers (since 1991)
| No | Picture | Name (Born-Died) |
Took office | Left office | Birthplace | Tenure (in days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png) | Vyacheslav Kebich (1936-) | 19 September 1991 | 21 July 1994 | Kanyushawshchyna, Minsk Region | 1566 days |
| 2 | | 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 | 10 July 2003 | Mogilev, Mogilev Region | 647 days |
| 6 |  | Sergei Sidorsky (1954-) [6][7] | 10 July 2003 | 28 December 2010 | Gomel, Gomel Region | 2728 days (longest serving)[8] |
| 7 |  | Mikhail Myasnikovich (1950-)[9] | 28 December 2010 | 27 December 2014 | Novy Snow, Minsk Region | 1461 days |
| 8 |  | Andrei Kobyakov (1960-)[10][11] | 27 December 2014 | 18 August 2018 | Moscow, Russian SFSR | 1330 days |
| 9 | .jpg) | Syarhey Rumas (1969-)[12][13] | 18 August 2018 | 3 June 2020 | Gomel, Gomel Region | 656 days |
| 10 |  | Roman Golovchenko (1973-)[14] | 4 June 2020 | Incumbent | Zhodzina, Minsk Region | 20 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
- http://www.government.by/en/prime-minister/
- 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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