Prime Minister of Belarus

Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus
Прэм’ер-міністaр Рэспублікі Беларусь
Emblem of Belarus
Incumbent Roman Golovchenko since 4 June 2020
Executive branch of the Government of Belarus Council of Ministers of Belarus
Style	Mr Prime Minister (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Head of government
Residence	Minsk
Seat	Government House, Independence Square, Minsk
Appointer	President
Term length	No term limit
Inaugural holder	Vyacheslav Kebich
Formation	19 September 1991; 33 years ago (1991-09-19)
Deputy	First Deputy Prime Minister

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The prime minister of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Прэм’ер-міністaр Рэспублікі Беларусь; Russian: Премьер-министр Республики Беларусь) is the deputy 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 constituent republic of the Soviet Union.

The prime minister leads the Council of Ministers of Belarus,^[1] the central government body, and is accountable to the president. The prime minister is appointed by the president of Belarus. Once the prime minister is appointed they form a 30-member cabinet which consists of ministers and chairmen, the latter of which is a non-ministerial post. As Belarus is a presidential republic the prime minister has no real power or control over government affairs and it is ultimately under direct control of the president who has the real power over government and its activities.

The activities of the prime minister in managing the government include:^[2][3][4]

• Signing government legislation
• Inform the President on the basic guidelines of the government
• Draft budget
• Enforce a uniform financial, monetary, education, health care, and labour policy
• Ensure the implementation of decrees and instructions of the president
• To substitute for the president on temporary and absolute absences

The constitution was drafted by the Supreme Council of Belarus, the former legislative body of the country and is heavily influenced by Western constitutions. The constitution has been amended thrice under controversial circumstances since the original adoption, in 1996, in 2004 and in 2022. Two referendums that were disputed by independent observers and government opposition leaders increased the power of the presidency over the government and eliminated the term limits for the presidency.

No	Picture	Name (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office	Birthplace	Tenure (in years)	Leaders
1		Vyacheslav Kebich (1936–2020)	19 September 1991	21 July 1994	Konyushevshchina, Minsk Region	2 years, 305 days	Stanislav Shushkevich (Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus : 1991-1994)
2		Mikhail Chigir (1948–)	21 July 1994	18 November 1996	Usovo, Minsk Region	2 years, 120 days	Alexander Lukashenko (President : since 1994)
3		Sergei Ling (1937–)	18 November 1996	18 February 2000	Minsk, Minsk Region	3 years, 92 days
4		Vladimir Yermoshin (1942–)	18 February 2000	1 October 2001	Pronsk, Russian SFSR	1 year, 225 days
5		Gennady Novitsky (1949–)	1 October 2001	11 July 2004	Mogilev, Mogilev Region	2 years, 284 days
6		Sergei Sidorsky (1954–) [5][6]	11 July 2004	28 December 2010	Gomel, Gomel Region	6 years, 170 days[7]
7		Mikhail Myasnikovich (1950–)[8]	28 December 2010	27 December 2014	Novy Snow, Minsk Region	4 years, 60 days
8		Andrei Kobyakov (1960–)[9][10]	27 December 2014	18 August 2018	Moscow, Russian SFSR	3 years, 234 days
9		Sergei Rumas (1969–)[11][12]	18 August 2018	3 June 2020	Gomel, Gomel Region	1 year, 290 days
10		Roman Golovchenko (1973–)[13]	4 June 2020	17 August 2020	Zhodino, Minsk Region	74 days
			19 August 2020	Incumbent		4 years, 98 days

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