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62. Belarus Government | GlobalEDGE Belarus Government PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS Chief of State President Aleksandr Lukashenko Head of Government Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky http://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/belarus/government/

Your location is: > Countries Region: Europe > Belarus > Government Key Facts GDP (ppp) per CAPITA $12,278.00 (2008 est.) Inflation Rate 12.50% (2009 est.) Population 9.65 million (2009 est.) Country Risk Ratings D Ease of Doing Business Rankings 85 out of 181 (2008 est.) Navigation introduction statistics economy history ... country memo Belarus : Government PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS Chief of State: President Aleksandr Lukashenko Head of Government: Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky The constitution provides for a directly elected president who serves a 5-year term. The bicameral parliament consists of the 64-seat Council of the Republic and the 110-seat House of Representatives. The Council of the Republic is the house of territorial representation. Eight members of the Council are appointed directly by the president of the Republic of Belarus, while local regional councils elect the rest. The deputies to the House of Representatives are elected directly by the voters. The president appoints the prime minister, who is the head of government. POLITICAL CONDITIONS Since his election in July 1994 as the country's first President, Alyaksandr Lukashenka has consolidated power steadily in the executive branch through authoritarian means and has dominated all branches of government. He used a non-democratic referendum in November 1996 to amend the 1994 constitution to broaden his powers and illegally extend his term in office. He began to count his 5-year term in 1996, thereby adding 2 years to his first term in office. Based on the unrecognized 1996 constitution, Lukashenka announced that presidential elections were to be held in 2001. In 2004, he engineered a fraudulent referendum that removed term limits on the presidency. Independent exit polling of the referendum showed results far different from those officially announced. In 2006, Lukashenka "won" another term in an undemocratic election. In January 2007, he further consolidated his rule through local elections that failed to meet international standards.

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Belarus Europe GOVERNMENT The constitution provides for a directly elected president who serves a 5-year term. The bicameral parliament consists of the 64-seat Council of the Republic and the 110-seat House of Representatives. The Council of the Republic is the house of territorial representation. Eight members of the Council are appointed directly by the president of the Republic of Belarus, while local regional councils elect the rest. The deputies to the House of Representatives are elected directly by the voters. The president appoints the prime minister, who is the head of government. POLITICAL CONDITIONS Since his election in July 1994 as the country's first President, Alyaksandr Lukashenka has consolidated power steadily in the executive branch through authoritarian means and has dominated all branches of government. He used a non-democratic referendum in November 1996 to amend the 1994 constitution to broaden his powers and illegally extend his term in office. He began to count his 5-year term in 1996, thereby adding 2 years to his first term in office. Based on the unrecognized 1996 constitution, Lukashenka announced that presidential elections were to be held in 2001. In 2004, he engineered a fraudulent referendum that removed term limits on the presidency. Independent exit polling of the referendum showed results far different from those officially announced. In 2006, Lukashenka "won" another term in an undemocratic election. In January 2007, he further consolidated his rule through local elections that failed to meet international standards.

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