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Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

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Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Luk ...

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President of Belarus The president of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Прэзідэнт Рэспублікі Беларусь; russian: Президент Республики Беларусь) is the head of state and head of government of Belarus. The office was cre ...

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Viktor Khrenin Viktor Gennadievich Khrenin ( be, Віктар Генадзевіч Хрэнін, russian: Виктор Геннадиевич Хренин) is a senior leader in the Belarusian Armed Forces and the current Minister of Defense. Lieutenant Genera ...

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Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

, deputyminister1_name = , deputyminister1_pfo = , deputyminister2_name = , deputyminister2_pfo = , chief1_name = Viktor Gulevich , chief1_position = Chief of the General Staff of Belarusian Armed Forces , chief2_name = , chief2_position = , public_protector = , deputy = , parent_department = , parent_agency = , child1_agency = , child2_agency = , keydocument1 = , website = , agency_id = , map = , map_size = , map_caption = , footnotes = , embed = The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus is the central body of military management and operational control of the

Armed Forces of Belarus The Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus (, ) consist of the Ground Forces and the Air Force and Air Defence Forces, all under the command of the Republic of Belarus Ministry of Defence. Being a landlocked country, Belarus has no navy. In 20 ...

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, who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The General Staff is part of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus. The current Chief of the General Staff is Viktor Gulevich, who also serves as First Deputy Minister of Defence. His deputy is Major General Ruslan Kosygin.

Structure

The following departments are under the control of the general staff:http://beloffice-g2n.zohosites.com/mobile/%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1.html * Main Operations Directorate * Main Intelligence Directorate * Main Organizational Mobilization Directorate * Main Ideology Directorate * Main Policy Directorate * Information-Analytical Department * Department of Communications * Department of Territorial Defense * Department of Missile Forces and Artillery * Department of the Engineering Troops * Financial Department * Department of Electronic Warfare * Department of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection * Navigational and Topographical Department

List of chiefs of the general staff

References

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