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• The 13th Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of Belarus     the pre-Referendum, 1996, legislative body that is still recognized internationally

• Prime Minister: Vladimir Yermoshin     (appointed on Feb. 18th, and approved on March 14, 2000; he had been chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee)
  (formerly: Sergei Ling -- who in 1996, had replaced Mikhail Chigir. Sergei Ling had resigned on February 18, 2000.)

  Former Minister: Piotr Prokopovich

  • First Deputy Prime Minister: Andrei Kobyakov (replaced: Vasil Dalhalyou (Dolgolyov) on March 13, 2000; Dalhalyou had been appointed December 2, 1998)

    • Deputy Prime Minister: Mikhail Demchuk   (appointed, July 14, 2000)

    • Deputy Prime Minister: Gennady Novitsky

    • Deputy Prime Minister: Vladimir Garkun

    • Deputy Prime Minister: Valery Kokorev

    • Deputy Prime Minister: Leonid Kozik     (appointed, February 5, 1998)
      appointed a member of the CIS Economic Council, August 20, 1999; elected chairman of this council on March 10, 2000.

    • Deputy Prime Minister: Aleksandr Popkov   (appointed, November 10, 1998)

    • Deputy Prime Minister (in charger of Science, Education, & Health Care): Mikhail Dzyamchuk   (appointed, July 14, 2000)

  • Spokesperson for the Prime Minister: Dmitry Malinovsky

• Minister of Agriculture and Foodstuffs:   (Mikhail Rusy)   (appointed on February 6, 2001)
  Former Ministers:
  • Vadzim Papou   (Vadim Popov)   (dismissed in February, 2001; was appointed in July, 2000)

  • Yuryy Maroz   (Yury Moroz)   (dismissed on July 14, 2000; was appointed December 2, 1998)

  • Ivan Shakolo     (appointed November 20, 1997)

    Note: Former Minister, Vasily Leonov, (appointed in 1994 and close to Lukashenka), had been charged and jailed with large-scale embezzlement, bribery, abuse of power, and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. Trial began on August 17, 1999. Follow link for update information.

• Minister of Architecture and Construction: Gennady Kurochkin

  • First Deputy Minister (& Chief State Building Inspector): Viktor Sys   (appointed November 24, 1999)

  • Deputy Minister: Sergei Filipov

• Minister for CIS Affairs:   was:   Valentin Velichko     (relieved of this position, and the position has been abolished--merged into Foreign Ministry: December 4, 1998)

  • Deputy Minister: Vasily Sholodonov

• Minister of Communications: Nikolai Krukovsky   (As of January 12, 2000 [source:BelaPAN; but on Jan. 27th, BelaPAN listed his name as "Leonid Kulakovsky"]. It had been Vladimir Goncharenko, who was appointed head of the Presidential Administration, Dec.17, 1999)

  • Deputy Minister: Mikhail Molochko

  • Chief of the Television, Relay Communications, and Radio Broadcasting Department: Grigory Grinevetsky
    • Chairperson of the National Television and Radio Company: Viktor Chikin   (appointed: July 26, 2000; had been (is?): leader of the Communist Party of Belarus and deputy head of the Mensk city government   formerly, Grigory Kisel)

      • Director of the Editorial Board of Programming: Aleksandr Domaratsky

• Minister of Culture: Aleksandr Sosnovsky

  • Deputy Minister: Vladimir Rylatko

  • Deputy Minister: Yury Tsvetkov

  • Deputy Minister: Valery Gedroits

    • Chief of the Department of Museums: Sergei Maslovsky

    • Chairman of the Committee for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage: Dmitry Bubnovsky

• Minister of Defense: Lieutenant-General Leonid Maltsev

  (appointed: March 28, 2001 -- had been a Minister of Defense but dismissed by Mr. Lukashenka in 1996 for "appearing drunk in public"; had been: Colonel-General Aleksandr Chumakov. The first Belarusian Minister of Defense had been Pavel Kozlovsky.)

  • First Deputy Minister [and chief of the Main Headquarters of the Belarusian Armed Forces (BAF)]:   General Major Sergei Gurulyov     (previously: Mikhail Kozlov)

  • Deputy Minister: Uladzimer Uskhopchik   (appointed, May 19, 2000)     (In 1991, he was in command of the Soviet garrison in Vilnius, and gave the order to start the bloody storming of the TV tower. Six people were killed and several dozens wounded during the 1991 events. According to Gazeta Wyborcza, general Uskhopchik is one of the most likely candidates for the position of the Minister of Defense in case the current minister resigns. Lithuania has him under indictment for these crimes and has protested this appointment, but the Belarusian regime refuses to cooperate.)

  • Deputy Minister for Construction and Troop Quartering: Major-General Vladimir Yakhnitsky

  • Deputy Minister for Armaments: General Major Pyotr Rogozhevsky

  • Commander of the Air Force: Major-General Sergei Bulygin

  • Commander of the Rocket Forces and Artillery (BRFA): Ivan Chikal

  • Defense Minister's Aide for Military Policy: Yury Portnov

  • Chief of the Education and Information Department: Vladimir Seroshtan

  • Chief of the Trade and Production Directorate: Sergei Zmachinsky

• Minister of Economics: Vladimir Shimov
  • Deputy Minister: Valery Drozd

  • Deputy Minister: Andrei Tur

• Minister of Education: Vasily Strashev
  • Deputy Minister: Oleg Sluka
    • Chief of the Main Directorate of Higher Education: Valery Dobryansky

    • Chief of the International Relations Department: Oleg Sosnovsky

    • Chief of the Main Department of General Secondary Education: Nikolai Feskov

    • Chief of the Main Department of Social and Educational Work: Georgy Buturim

    • Head of the Pre-School Education Directorate: Tamara Korostelyova

    • Head of the Socio-Cultural Policy Directorate: Leonid Gulyako

• Minister on Emergency Situations: Valery Astapov

  • Deputy Minister: Boris Baringolts

  • Chief of the Emergency Situations Department: ?

    • Deputy Chief: Aleksandr Zuyev

  • Chief of the International Relations Department: Valentina Dogonova

  • Chief of the Radiation Control Department: Gennady Antsipov

  • Official Responsible for the Organization of Medical Rehabilitation and Recuperation: Ivan Koval

  • Chairman of the Committee on Chornobyl Consequences: Uladzimir Tsalko   (Vladimir Tsalko)   (appointed on July 14, 2000)   had been: Ivan Kenik   (dismissed on July 14, 2000)

  • Chairman of the Committee for Supervision over Industrial and Nuclear Safety: Colonel Ivan Klimchinsky   (appointed on September 28, 2000)

• Minister of Enterprise and Investment: Anatoly Skorbezh   (appointed June 30, 2000; previously: Aleksandr Sazonov)

• Minister of External (Foreign) Economic Relations:   was:   Mikhail Marinich     (relieved of this position, and the organization has been abolished--merged into Foreign Ministry: December 4, 1998)
  • First Deputy Minister: Albert Dobromudrov   (Died: February 8, 2000)

  • Deputy Minister: Valery Sadokho   (also the co-chairman of the Belarusian-Lithuanian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation)

  • Deputy Minister: Aleksei Moiseichikov

  • Deputy Minister: Vladimir Potantsev   (appointed, July 16, 1998)
    • Chief of the Department of External Economic Activities: Vyacheslav Reut

• Minister of Finance: Nikolai Korbut

  • Deputy Minister: Anatoly Sverzh

  • Deputy Minister: Yevgeny Sinyavsky

  • Chief of the Foreign Debt Department: Larisa Prokopenko

  • Chairperson of the Committee on Precious Metals: Aleksandr Borovkin

• Minister of Foreign Affairs: Mikhail Khvostov     (Appointed: November 27, 2000; Previously: Ural Latypaw (Ural Latypov), who had been appointed December 2, 1998)
  (Note: On Dec. 4, 1998, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and the Ministry on CIS Affairs were merged into one agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.)

  Former Minister: Ivan Antonovich   (said to have left position for retirement)

  Respublika Belarus
  220030 g. Mensk
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  Respubliki Belarus
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  Fax: + 375 172 27 45 21

  • Press Secretary (and Chief of the Information Office): Pavel Latushko   (appointed, July 14, 2000)

  • First Deputy Foreign Minister: Valentin Velichko   (prior: Sergei Martynov)

  • Deputy Foreign Minister: Aleksandr Gerasimenko   (appointed, Sept. 11, 2000; ex-ambassador to Bulgaria)

  • Deputy Foreign Minister: Vasily Pugachev   (appointed, July 14, 2000)

  • Deputy Foreign Minister: Nina Mazai   removed, January, 1999

  • Deputy Foreign Minister: Nikolai Buzo

  • Deputy Foreign Minister: Aleksandr Sychev
    (Appointed: August 11, 2000. (He had been ambassador to the UN.) Had been: Vladimir Gerasimovich -- Note: Appointed in December, 1997, he had headed the External Intelligence Department of the State Committee for State Security (KGB). At the foreign ministry, he will be responsible for issues related to scientific and technical cooperation and relations with countries in Asia, Africa, and the East.)

  • Deputy Foreign Minister: Valery Sadokho

  • Deputy Foreign Minister: Aleksandr Mikhnevich
    Note: Appointed on March 24, 2000, he will be responsible for external economic activities at the ministry. He considers his priority the implementation of the national export program.)

  • Chief of the European Cooperation Department: Oleg Yermolovich

  • Chief of the European Department: Andrey Yewdachenka

  • Chief of the Department of Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights: Stanislav Ogurtsov

  • Chief of the International Security and Arms Control Department: Valentin Rybakov

• Minister of Forestry: Valentin Zorin
  • Deputy Minister: ? ?

• Minister of Health: Igor Zelenkevich
  • Deputy Minister: Larisa Sokolovskaya

  • Chief Narcology Expert: Vladimir Maksimchuk

• Minister of Housing: Aleksandr Milkota   (appointed, August 20, 1999)
  • First Deputy Minister: Georgy Dobrovolsky   (appointed, September 17, 1999)

  • Deputy Minister: Nikolai Lipen   (appointed, November 24, 1999)

• Minister of Internal Affairs (Interior): Vladimir Naumov     (appointed: Sept. 26, 2000 and promoted to general major; had been a colonel and had been chief of presidential security. Prior to him, Mikhail Udovikov had been acting Minister as of Apr. 22, 2000): (had been: Yury Sivakov, who resigned for "health reasons"   previous minister: Valentin Agolets)

  (Note: As is true of many dismissals, Sivakov's dismissal is just another "scapegoating" for Mr. Lukashenka's regime, in an attempt to show that beatings by police--while in actuality, ordered by Mr. L.--are not tolerated.)

  • Press Secretary: Dmitry Parton

  • Chief of the Press Office: Viktor Potapenko

  • Chief of the Investigation Committee: ?

    • Deputy Chief: Aleksandr Guzhel

  • Chairperson of the State Committee for State Security (KGB): Leanid Yeryn   (previously, Vladimir Matskevich)

    • First Deputy Chairperson (of the KGB): General Major Stepan Sukharenko   (appointed, Oct 18, 2000)

    • Head of the KGB Branch for the City and Region of Mensk: Colonel Fyodor Starovoitov   (appointed, Oct 18, 2000)

    • Chief of the Economic Security Directorate (KGB): Colonel Yury Shchurevich   (appointed, Dec. 23, 1999; has served in the KGB since 1977)

    • Chief of the Directorate for Organized Crime and Corruption Prevention (KGB): Colonel Valery Maslakov   (appointed, Dec. 23, 1999; began his career in 1977 as chief of the Polotsk City KGB Directorate in the Vitebsk region)

  • Commander of the Internal Troops: Yury Sivakov

  • Chief of the Internal Affairs Academy: Vitaly Apanasevich   (Appointed: November 24, 1999)

• Minister of Justice: Gennady Vorontsov
  • First Deputy Minister: Piotr Miklashevich

  • Deputy Minister: Aleksandr Petrish   (appointed, Dec. 18, 1999)

• Minister of Labor: Ivan Lyakh
  • Deputy Minister: Leonid Yakhnovets   (appointed, May 19, 2000)
    • Chairperson of the Committee on Migration: Dmitry Marach

    • Chief of the Department on Refugees: Anatoly Bubich

    • Chief of the Law Department: Inessa Chistyakova

• Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection:   Mikhail Rusy
  • Chairperson of the Information Section: Aleksandr Matesovich

• Minister of Social Protection (Social Welfare):   Olga Dargel
  • Deputy Minister: Lyudmila Bachilo
    • Head of the Directorate on Pensions and Allowances: ?
      • Deputy Head: Lyudmila Marchenko
    • Executive Director of the Gender Information and Policy Center: Irina Chutkova

• Minister of Sports and Tourism: Yevgeny Vorsin
  • Deputy Minister: Nikolai Ananyev   (appointed, March 17, 1998)

  • Deputy Minister: Mikhail Sharshavitsky

• Minister of State Property Management and Privatization: Vladimir Novak

• Minister of Statistics and Analysis: Uladzimir Zinouski     (appointed December 2, 1998; former minister: Uladzimir Nichyparovich)
  • First Deputy Minister: Galina Gasyuk   (appointed, May 19, 2000)

  • Chief of the Census: Stefaniya Lukashevich

• Minister of Trade: ?
  • First Deputy Minister: Mikhail Sventitsky   (appointed, June, 1998)

• Minister of Transportation and Supply Lines: Aleksandr Lukashov
  • First Deputy Minister: Vasily Cholovsky

  • Deputy Minister: Vladimir Ulasen

  • Chief of the Road Transport Department: Valery Milenky

  • Chief of the External Relations Department: Sergei Kuchinsky