Council of the Republic of Belarus

The Council of the Republic (Belarusian: Савет Рэспублікі, Saviet Respubliki; Russian: Совет Республики, Sovet Respubliki) is the upper house in Belarus' bicameral parliament, the National Assembly. The Council consists of 64 members, and the representation is based geographically, with most of the elected members come from civil society organizations, labour collectives and public associations in their jurisdiction. Each oblast (six) and the city of Minsk (the national capital) are represented by eight members, and an additional eight members are appointed to the council via presidential quota.

Council of the Republic of Belarus

Савет Рэспублікі Нацыянальнага сходу Рэспублікі Беларусі
Type
Type
History
Founded1997
Preceded bySupreme Soviet of Belarus
Leadership
Speaker
Natalya Kochanova
since December 2019
Structure
Seats64
Political groups
Government (64)
  Independents: 46 seats
  Communist Party of Belarus: 17 seats
  Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus: 1 seat
Elections
Last election
None (Indirectly elected and appointed)
Meeting place
The House of Government
Minsk
Website
http://www.sovrep.gov.by/
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The Council of the Republic was established in 1997 to replace Supreme Soviet of Belarus.[1]

Speakers of the Council of the Republic
Name Entered office Left office
Pavel Shipuk January 13, 1997 December 19, 2000
Alyaksandr Vaytovich December 19, 2000 July 28, 2003
Henadz Navitski July 28, 2003 October 31, 2008
Boris Batura October 31, 2008 May 24, 2010
Anatoli Rubinov May 24, 2010 December 2014
Mikhail Myasnikovich[2] December 27, 2014 December, 2019
Natalya Kochanova [3] December, 2019 Present
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References
  1. https://iacis.ru/eng/parliaments/parlamenty_uchastniki/respublika_belarus/
  2. "Belarus former prime minister to lead upper house of parliament". TASS. 27 December 2014.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2020-01-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

See also
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