Chief of Staff to the President of Belarus

The Chief of Staff to the President of Belarus also known as the Head of the Presidential Administration (Belarusian: Кіраўнік Адміністрацыі Прэзідэнта Рэспублікі Беларусь, romanized: Kirawnik Administratsyi Prezidenta, Russian: Глава Администрации президента Республики Беларусь) is the head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus. The position was created by President Lukashenko in July 1994. The Chief of Staff is responsible for general management of presidential activity. The incumbent Chief of Staff is Ihar Serheenka (Igor Sergeenko), who assumed the position in December 2019.[1]

Head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus
Кіраўнік Адміністрацыі Прэзідэнта Рэспублікі Беларусь
Главы Администрации президента Республики Беларусь
Incumbent
Ihar Serheenka
since 5 December 2019
AppointerPresident of Belarus
Inaugural holderLeanid Sinitsyn
Formation22 July 1994

The following responsibilities are entrusted to the chief of staff:[2]

  • Providing management of the departments heads;
  • Allocate responsibilities to Deputy Chief of Staff;
  • Coordinate the activities of Presidential aids and advisors;
  • Enact the proposal of draft laws, decrees and orders;
  • Presents candidates for official positions;

Office holders
# Portrait Chief Term of office President
1 Leanid Sinitsyn 22 July 1994 — 10 October 1995 Alexander Lukashenko
2 Mikhail Myasnikovich[3] 10 October 1995 — 12 September 2001 Alexander Lukashenko
3 Ural Latypov[4] 12 September 2001 — 29 November 2004 Alexander Lukashenko
4 Viktar Sheyman[5] 29 November 2004 — 5 January 2006 Alexander Lukashenko
5 Hienadź Niewyhłas[6] 5 January 2006 — 8 July 2008 Alexander Lukashenko
6 Uladzimir Makey 8 July 2008 — 20 August 2012[7] Alexander Lukashenko
7 Andrei Kobyakov[8] 27 August 2012 — 27 December 2014 Alexander Lukashenko
8 Alyaksandr Kosinets 27 December 2014 — 5 December 2016 Alexander Lukashenko
9 Natallya Kachanava 21 December 2016 — 5 December 2019 Alexander Lukashenko
10 Ihar Serheenka[9] 5 December 2019 — present Alexander Lukashenko

First Deputy Heads
  • Mikhail Sazonaw (15 July 1995 — 5 March 1997)
  • Uladzimir Rusakevich (15 July 1997 — 19 June 2000)
  • Vladimir Zametalin (19 June 2000 — 12 September 2001)
  • Stanislav Knyazev (12 September 2001 — 25 March 2003)
  • Alyaksandr Papkow (18 August 2003 — 4 January 2006)
  • Anatol Rubinaw (4 January 2006 — 30 October 2008)
  • Natallya Pyatkyevich (9 January 2009 — 28 December 2010)
  • Alexander Radkov[10][11]/Konstantin Martynetsky (28 December 2010 — 5 December 2016)
  • Maksim Ryzhankow (21 December 2016 — present)

References
  1. "Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus | The Official Internet Portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus". president.gov.by.
  2. "Администрация Президента Республики Беларусь". www.pravo.by.
  3. "Belarus president names new PM". Al Jazeera. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  4. "краткая биография Урала Латыпова".
  5. "Who is who in Belarus". Марат. 2007–2009. Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  6. "Геннадий Невыглас: После проигрыша итальянцам Лукашенко сказал: "Проиграли колхозной команде"". tribuna.com. 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  7. "Minister and Deputy Ministers - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus". mfa.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  8. "Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus". Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.
  9. "Belarus: introducing elements of the state of emergency". Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  10. Election Profile IFES
  11. Alexander Radkov: No personal success without love for one’s own country Sharkovshchina Regional Executive Committee, 16 March 2012
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