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The Security Council of the Republic of Belarus ( Belarusian: Савет бяспекі Рэспублікі Беларусь,
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: Совет безопасности Республики Беларусь) is an interdepartmental body with a mandate to ensure the security of the
Republic of Belarus A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public (people), typically through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy. Although a ...
. It considers internal and external affairs of the state with regard to the interest of maintaining security and defense. The Council was established upon the adoption of Resolution +1249 on 15 November 1991. The current Secretary of the Council is Alexander Volfovich.


History

It was established on November 15, 1991, when the
Supreme Soviet of Belarus The Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus () was the unicameral legislature of Belarus between 1991 and 1996. It was essentially a continuation of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR of 1938–1991 immediately after the Soviet Uni ...
approved decision No. 1249, which established a 14 member Security Council, which included the then Commander of the Belarusian Military District, the Chairman of the Supreme Council, his First Deputy and the Chairman of the Supreme Council Commission on National Security, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, the Prosecutor General, the Chairman of the KGB, the Ministers of Defense, Foreign and Internal Affairs, Communications and Transport, the heads of the Belarusian Railways and the Civil Aviation Directorate. The Chairman of the Supreme Council was the Chairman of the Security Council and appointed an assistant to himself as the head of the Security Council apparatus, which consisted of 4 employees. Meetings were convened twice a year. In 1992-1994, the Security Council was headed by
Stanislav Shushkevich Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich (15 December 1934 – 3 May 2022) was a Belarusian politician and scientist who served as the first head of state of independent Belarus after it seceded from the Soviet Union, serving as the first chairman ...
, then
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. In accordance with the 1994 Belarusian Constitution, the chairman of the council was the
President of Belarus The president of the Republic of Belarus is the head of state of Belarus. The office was created in 1994 with the passing of the Constitution of Belarus by the Supreme Council of Belarus, Supreme Council. This replaced the office of Supreme_Counc ...
, in their position as head of state and Commander-in-chief. On August 5, 1994, A. Lukashenko introduced the head of the Presidential Administration and the state secretary of the Security Council into the Security Council by Decree No. 24 instead of the chairman of the Supreme Council and the chairman of the Supreme Council commission on national security. Meetings began to be held every three months. In 1997, the Security Council apparatus, headed by the State Secretary, was renamed to the secretariat.


Powers

The Security Council's powers include: * Submitting proposals to the President regarding domestic and foreign policies * Coordinate activities of government authorities * Put forward early solutions to prevent emergency situations


Increased powers

In April 2021, President Lukashenko announced intentions to amend existing statutes for the emergency transfer of presidential power, making the Security Council the collective head of state should the President be killed. The Prime Minister would head the security council in place of the president. He signed the decree on 9 May, after the
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celebrations. Justifying the decision, he noted that two-thirds of the council are civilians.


Composition of members

It is currently composed of 20 people: *
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*
Prime Minister of Belarus The prime minister of the Republic of Belarus (; ) is the head of government of Belarus. Until 1991, it was known as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic as the head of the government of the cons ...
*Chairman of the
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*Chairman of the Council of the Republic *Chairman of the
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* Head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus *State Secretary *
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*Chairman of the National Bank *Chairman of the
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*
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*
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*
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* Minister of Emergency Situations *Chairman of the Investigation *
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Viktor Lukashenko Viktor Aleksandrovich Lukashenko or Viktar Alyaksandravch Lukashenka (born 28 November 1975) is a Belarusian politician and the eldest son of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko. He currently serves as the president of the Belarus Olympi ...
, the senior son of President
Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making hi ...
, is also a member of the council (since January 2007), being the National Security Advisor.


State Secretaries

* Viktor Sheiman (1994—November 27, 2000) *
Ural Latypov Ural Ramdrakovich Latypov (, , , born 28 February 1951) is a Belarusian jurist, diplomat and politician. Biography Latypov was born in 1951 into an ethnic Tatar family in the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1973 he graduated fr ...
(November 27, 2000—September 12, 2001) * Gennady Nevyglas (September 12, 2001—July 15, 2008) * Yuri Zhadobin (July 15, 2008—December 4, 2009) * Leonid Maltsev (December 4, 2009—December 5, 2013) * Alexander Mezhuyev (December 5, 2013—November 4, 2015) *
Stanislav Zas Lieutenant General Stanislav Vasilievich Zas (, ; born 1964) is a Belarusian general and politician who is a former Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and was formerly the State Secretary of the Security Council of ...
(November 4, 2015—January 20, 2020) * Andrei Ravkov (January 20-September 3, 2020) * Valery Vakulchik (September 3, 2020—October 29, 2020) * Alexander Volfovich (since January 26, 2021)


References

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