Editing Government of Belarus

{{Short description|National government of Belarus}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Refimprove|date=October 2013}}
{{ Infobox executive government
 | government_name = Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus
 | nativename = Савет Міністраў Рэспублікі Беларусь
 | image = Эмблема СМ РБ (cropped).png
 | image_size = 130
 | image2 = House of Government in Minsk.jpg
 | image_size2 = 250px
 | date = 1994 (current form)
 | state = [[Belarus]]
 | address =[[Government House, Minsk|Government House]], [[Minsk]]
 | appointed = [[President of Belarus|President]]
 | leader_title = [[Prime Minister of Belarus|Prime Minister]]
 | main_organ = [[Council of Ministers]]
 | ministries = 
 | responsible = [[National Assembly of Belarus|National Assembly]]<br />[[President of Belarus|President]]
 | url = {{url|government.gov.by}}
 }}
{{Politics of Belarus}}
The '''Government of the Republic of Belarus''' ({{langx|be|Урад Рэспублікі Беларусь|Urad Respubliki Byelarus}}), which consists of the '''Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus''' ({{Langx|be|Савет Міністраў Рэспублікі Беларусь|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.<ref>[http://www.pravo.by/main.aspx?guid=3871&p0=H10800424&p2={NRPA} Закон «О Совете Министров Республики Беларусь»]</ref> 

==Powers and duties==
The Council of Ministers is the highest administrative organ and is responsible for the daily operations of the government. It is reporting to the [[President of Belarus]] and accountable to the [[National Assembly of Belarus|National Assembly]]. The Council of Ministers issues resolutions that are binding on the entire territory of the Republic of Belarus. The Prime Minister issues orders within the limits of his competence. It has the following competences<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etalonline.by/document/?regnum=h10800424|title=ЗАКОН РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ 23 июля 2008 г. № 424-З О Совете Министров Республики Беларусь|accessdate=2025-04-03|lang=ru}}</ref>
*Manages the system of state administration bodies and other executive bodies subordinate to it, including:<ref name="belurad">{{cite web| url = http://www.belarus.by/by/government/government| title= Урад Беларусі|publisher= БелТА|date= 2010-09-04|  access-date = 2012-09-12| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023064135/http://www.belarus.by/by/government/government| archive-date = 2012-10-23}}</ref> state administrative bodies, ministries, state committees, concerns ({{ill|Belgoskharchprom|ru|Белгоспищепром}}, {{ill|Bellegprom|be|Беллегпрам}}, {{ill|Bellespopreprom|be|Беллеспаперапрам}}, [[Belneftekhim]]) and organizations subordinate to the government ({{ill|Belarusian Republican Union of Consumer Societies|be|Беларускі рэспубліканскі саюз спажывецкіх таварыстваў}})
*Develops the main directions of domestic and foreign policy and takes measures to implement them;
*Develops and submits to the President for submission to Parliament a draft republican budget and a report on its implementation;
*Ensures the implementation of a unified economic, financial, credit and monetary policy, state policy in the fields of science, culture, education, healthcare, ecology, social security and wages;
*Takes measures to ensure the rights and freedoms of citizens, protect the interests of the state, national security and defense, protect property and public order, and combat crime;
*Acts on behalf of the owner in relation to property owned by the Republic of Belarus, organizes the management of state property;
*Ensures the implementation of the Constitution, laws and decrees, decrees and orders of the President;
*Repeals acts of ministries and other republican state administration bodies;
*Exercises other powers vested in it by the Constitution, laws and acts of the President.

==Structure==
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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://government.gov.by/en/structure/ |title=Government structure, Council of Ministers of Belarus |access-date=30 January 2016 |archive-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913064409/http://government.gov.by/en/structure |url-status=dead }}</ref> The incumbent government resigned en masse on 17 August 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eng.belta.by/politics/view/belarusian-government-resigns-132612-2020/|title = Belarusian government resigns|date = 17 August 2020}}</ref> A new government was formed on 19 August 2020, consisting of mostly the same people.

===Composition===
''As of 2023:''
{| class="wikitable"
| [[Prime Minister of Belarus|Prime Minister]]
|style="background: #ffffaa;" |[[Roman Golovchenko]]
|-
| Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus|[[First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus|First Deputy Prime Minister]]
|style="background: #ffffaa;" |[[Nikolai Snopkov]]
|-
| Deputy Prime Minister
|style="background: #ffffaa;" |[[Vladimir Karanik]]
|-
| Agriculture Minister of Belarus|Minister of Agriculture and Food||[[Igor Brylo]]
|-
| Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade||[[Alexei Bogdanov]]
|-
| Construction Minister of Belarus|Minister of Architecture and Construction||[[Ruslan Parkhamovich]]
|-
| Culture Minister of Belarus|Minister of Culture||[[Anatoly Markevich]]
|-
| [[Defence Ministry of Belarus|Minister of Defence]]||[[Viktor Khrenin|Victor Khrenin]]
|-
| [[Ministry of Economy (Belarus)|Minister of Economy]]
|style="background: #ffffaa;"|[[Aleksandr Chervyakov (born 1966)|Alexander Chervyakov]]
|-
| Minister of Education||[[Andrei Ivanets]]
|-
| [[Ministry of Emergency Situations (Belarus)|Minister of Emergency Situations]]||[[Vadim Sinyavsky (political official)|Vadim Sinyavsky]]
|-
| Energy Minister of Belarus|Minister of Energy||[[Victor Karankevich]]
|-
| Finance Minister of Belarus|[[Minister of Finance (Belarus)|Minister of Finance]]
|style="background: #ffffaa;" |[[Yury Seliverstov]]
|-
| [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belarus)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
|style="background: #ffffaa;" |[[Sergei Aleinik]]
|-
| Minister of Forestry||[[Alexander Kulik (politician)|Alexander Kulik]]
|-
| Minister of Health Care||[[Aleksandr Khodzhayev]]
|-
| Minister of Housing-Communal Services||vacant
|-
| Minister of Industry||[[Alexander Rogozhnik]]
|-
| Minister of Information||[[Vladimir Pertsov]]
|-
| [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Belarus)|Minister of Internal Affairs]]||[[Ivan Kubrakov]]
|-
| Justice Minister of Belarus|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 (politician)|Sergei Kovalchuk]]
|-
| Minister of Taxes and Duties||[[Sergei Nalivaiko]]
|-
| Telecommunications Minister of Belarus|Minister of Telecommunications and Informatisation||[[Konstantin Shulgan]]
|-
| Minister of Transport and Communications||vacant
|-
| ''Chairman of the [[State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus|State Security Committee]]''||[[Ivan Tertel]]
|-
| ''Chairman of the State Control Committee''
|style="background: #ffffaa;" |[[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 (politician)|Vladimir Orlovsky]]
|-
| Chief of the Staff to the President of Belarus|''Head of the Presidential Administration''
|style="background: #ffffaa;" |[[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]]
|}

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