Security Council of Belarus

The Security Council of Belarus (Belarusian: Савет бяспекі Рэспублікі Беларусь, Russian: Совет безопасности Республики Беларусь) is an interdepartmental body with a mandate to ensure the security of the Republic of Belarus. It considers internal and external affairs of the state with regard to the interest of maintaining security and defense. The Council was established upon the adoption of Resolution +1249 on 15 November 1991. The current Secretary of the Council is Andrei Ravkov.[1]

Andrei Ravkov

History

It was established on November 15, 1991, when the Supreme Soviet of Belarus approved decision No. 1249, which established a 14 member Security Council, which included the then Commander of the Belarusian Military District. In accordance with the 1994 Belarusian Constitution, the chairman of the council was the President of Belarus, in their position as head of state and Commander-in-chief. In 1997, the Security Council apparatus, headed by the State Secretary, was renamed to the secretariat.[2][3]

Composition of members

It is currently composed of 20 people:

Viktor Lukashenko, the senior son of President Alexander Lukashenko, is also a member of the council (since January 2007), being the National Security Advisor.[4]

State Secretaries
  • Viktor Sheiman (1994—November 27, 2000)
  • Ural Latypov (November 27, 2000—September 12, 2001)
  • Gennady Nevyglas (September 12, 2001—July 15, 2008)
  • Yuri Zhadobin (July 15, 2008—December 4, 2009)
  • Leonid Maltsev (December 4, 2009—December 5, 2013)
  • Alexander Mezhuyev (December 5, 2013—November 4, 2015)
  • Stanislav Zas (November 4, 2015—January 20, 2020)
  • Andrei Ravkov (since January 20, 2020)

References
  1. Станіслаў Шушкевіч Закон Рэспублікі Беларусь ад 3 лістапада 1992 г. аб абароне
  2. Указ прэзідэнта Рэспублікі Беларусь ад 5 жніўня 1994 г. № 24
  3. Канстытуцыя 1994 года
  4. "Виктор Лукашенко". TUT.by. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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