Aleksandr Lukashenko makes new appointments in government

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No. 500 to appoint members of the government.

In line with paragraph 7 of article 84 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the head of state appointed:

Vasily Matyushevsky First Deputy Prime Minister;

Anatoly Kalinin Deputy Prime Minister;

Natalya Kochanova Deputy Prime Minister;

Mikhail Rusy Deputy Prime Minister;

Vladimir Semashko Deputy Prime Minister;

Anatoly Cherny Architecture and Construction Minister;

Igor Shunevich Interior Minister;

Alexander Terekhov Housing and Utilities Minister;

Vasily Zharko Healthcare Minister;

Vladimir Makei Minister of Foreign Affairs;

Lilia Ananich Information Minister;

Boris Svetlov Culture Minister;

Mikhail Amelyanovich Forestry Minister;

Andrei Ravkov Defense Minister;

Mikhail Zhuravkov Education Minister;

Sergei Nalivaiko Taxes and Duties Minister;

Vladimir Vashchenko Emergencies Minister;

Andrei Kovkhuto Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection;

Vitaly Vovk Industry Minister;

Sergei Popkov Communications and Information Technologies Minister;

Leonid Zayats Agriculture and Food Minister;

Alexander Shamko Sport and Tourism Minister;

Vladimir Koltovich Trade Minister;

Anatoly Sivak Transport and Communications Minister;

Marianna Shchetkina Labor and Social Protection Minister;

Vladimir Amarin Finance Minister;

Vladimir Zinovsky Economy Minister;

Vladimir Potupchik Energy Minister;

Oleg Slizhevsky Justice Minister;

Valery Vakulchik Chairman of the State Security Committee;

Sergei Gurulev Chairman of the State Military Industry Committee;

Andrei Gayev Chairman of the State Property Committee;

Alexander Shumilin Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee;

Viktor Nazarenko Chairman of the State Committee for Standardization;

Leonid Maltsev Chairman of the State Border Committee;

Yuri Senko Chairman of the State Customs Committee;

Igor Sokol Head of the Board of the Council of Ministers.