10.04.2012
Belarus President makes personnel decisions
MINSK, 10 April (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made several personnel decisions on 10 April, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.
The head of state appointed:
Mikhail Rusyi – Vice Premier of the Republic of Belarus,
Leonid Marinich – Acting Agriculture and Food Minister of the Republic of Belarus,
Vladimir Archakov – Head of the KGB Office for Vitebsk Oblast,
Vadim Sinyavsky – Head of the Guard Department of the Interior Ministry,
Oleg Kravtsov – Chairman of the National Labor Arbitration.
The President also approved the appointment of:
Yelena Kupchina as Deputy Foreign Minister,
Sergei Shmatov as Chairman of the Braslav District Executive Committee,
Alexander Krivogin as Head of the Central Counterintelligence Office of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus,
Alexander Pokumeiko as Head of the Central office for protecting the constitutional system and fight against terrorism of the State Security Committee of Belarus,
Alexander Tolstashov as Head of the Central office for counterintelligence support of law enforcement and auditing bodies, fight against corruption and organized crime of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus,
Vladimir Varaksa as Director of the Geology Department of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry.
Due to changes in the form of ownership of several enterprises the President approved the appointment of:
Aleksei Anoshko as Director General of the Belarusian state corporation for procuring, processing, and supplying waste metal, Director of the open joint-stock company Belvtorchermet,
Vasily Kostyukevich as Director General of the open joint-stock company SvetlogorskKhimvolokno,
Yuri Mosiyenko as Director of the open joint-stock company AGAT - Control Systems – Managing Company of Geoinformation Control Systems Holding.
Alexander Lukashenko told Mikhail Rusyi: “I had no qualms about appointing you to this post. You don’t have to get familiar with the state of things. You know your main responsibility area, which is agribusiness, through and through”.
The President stressed that agriculture is a promising export-oriented economy branch for Belarus. It is important to raise agricultural export up to $5-7 billion within the five-year term. The growth rate is fast but it will not be easy to secure high performance, said the head of state.
“I hope a lot that the specific projects we agreed on in the field, at the farm, at specific facilities will be implemented even faster than we planned back then,” said Alexander Lukashenko.
The President pointed out that a powerful candidate should be nominated for the post of the agriculture and food minister, someone as worthy as the previous minister.
The head of state appointed:
Mikhail Rusyi – Vice Premier of the Republic of Belarus,
Leonid Marinich – Acting Agriculture and Food Minister of the Republic of Belarus,
Vladimir Archakov – Head of the KGB Office for Vitebsk Oblast,
Vadim Sinyavsky – Head of the Guard Department of the Interior Ministry,
Oleg Kravtsov – Chairman of the National Labor Arbitration.
The President also approved the appointment of:
Yelena Kupchina as Deputy Foreign Minister,
Sergei Shmatov as Chairman of the Braslav District Executive Committee,
Alexander Krivogin as Head of the Central Counterintelligence Office of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus,
Alexander Pokumeiko as Head of the Central office for protecting the constitutional system and fight against terrorism of the State Security Committee of Belarus,
Alexander Tolstashov as Head of the Central office for counterintelligence support of law enforcement and auditing bodies, fight against corruption and organized crime of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus,
Vladimir Varaksa as Director of the Geology Department of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry.
Due to changes in the form of ownership of several enterprises the President approved the appointment of:
Aleksei Anoshko as Director General of the Belarusian state corporation for procuring, processing, and supplying waste metal, Director of the open joint-stock company Belvtorchermet,
Vasily Kostyukevich as Director General of the open joint-stock company SvetlogorskKhimvolokno,
Yuri Mosiyenko as Director of the open joint-stock company AGAT - Control Systems – Managing Company of Geoinformation Control Systems Holding.
Alexander Lukashenko told Mikhail Rusyi: “I had no qualms about appointing you to this post. You don’t have to get familiar with the state of things. You know your main responsibility area, which is agribusiness, through and through”.
The President stressed that agriculture is a promising export-oriented economy branch for Belarus. It is important to raise agricultural export up to $5-7 billion within the five-year term. The growth rate is fast but it will not be easy to secure high performance, said the head of state.
“I hope a lot that the specific projects we agreed on in the field, at the farm, at specific facilities will be implemented even faster than we planned back then,” said Alexander Lukashenko.
The President pointed out that a powerful candidate should be nominated for the post of the agriculture and food minister, someone as worthy as the previous minister.