New appointments in Lukashenka’s administration: Pyatkevich to turn to ideology (Updated)
- 9.01.2009, 14:15
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has made personnel changes ion his administration and a number of ministers.
The Belarusian ruler appointed Natallya Pyatkevich first deputy head of the Belarusian president’s administration. She was deputy head of the president’s administration since November 2004.
Lukashenka appointed Mikalai Snapkou deputy head of administration of president of the Republic of Belarus. Snapkou held office deputy head of the Mahilou region executive committee.
Lukashenka also appointed former Belbakaleya director general Valyantsin Chakanau minister of trade and agreed to appoint Syarhei Aleichyk deputy minister of foreign affaires of Belarus leaving him on the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus for Holy See, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus for The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta.
Lukashenka also appointed Anatol Kurylets deputy minister of internal affaires – head of main personnel department (state secretary); Syarhei Myshkavets was appointed deputy prosecutor general of Belarus, Alyaksandr Bileichyk – first deputy minister of justice, Alla Bodak – deputy minister of justice. The head of state also agreed on appointing Syarhei Kisyalou deputy minister of finance.
Administration must change its work style – Lukashenka
Appointing first deputy head and deputy head of the President’s Administration, Alyaksandr Lukashenka emphasised the Administration must change its work style.
“The Administration must change its work style. It must become a real staff of president,” Alyaksandr Lukashenka stressed. The Administration should also perform some functions of other governmental bodies, correcting their mistakes.
A question of personnel adequacy for posts must be raised, if the proposals and documents they introduce to the head of state are not prepared in due way, and candidatures for responsible posts do not have necessary business and moral qualities. Lukashenka also set tasks for head of the Administration Uladzimir Makei.
The Belarusian ruler emphasised personnel management and ideology remain the main question.
Natallya Pyatkevich was ordered to control all ideological work in the country. “No formalism and idle talks, as it can be seen at days of information. It is even worse than doing nothing!” Lukashenka noted.
He also set a task to turn special attention to work of mass media. “We are witnessing some kind of a set-back here, even stagnation of some mass media outlets,” he noted.