The big personnel day at the Palace of Independence was a reason to focus the attention of all authorities on the main principles of the vertical of power in the country: discipline, responsibility, social obligations, the course towards results and the fight against corruption. The President focused officials on solving specific people's problems and raising the standard of living of the population. Moreover, special attention is paid to the younger generation of Belarusians.
Today, the names of the new leaders of local authorities, major organizations, government bodies, universities and diplomatic missions have been announced.
Vladimir Semashko has been appointed Ambassador of Belarus to Russia. He will also be part-time plenipotentiary representative of Belarus to the CIS Economic Council and the CSTO, special representative on integration cooperation in the framework of the Union State, the EAEU, the CIS, the CSTO. This is the most important appointment with a view to a new impetus to economic cooperation.
Until August 2018, Vladimir Semashko served as Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus, and before that he had served as First Deputy Prime Minister. In the government, he oversaw the spheres of industry and the fuel and energy complex. The main task of the new ambassador is to work actively to bring the balance of foreign trade with Russia to positive indicators.
Alexander Ponomarev has been appointed Belarus' Ambassador to Hungary and concurrently to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Our diplomatic mission in Syria is headed by Yuri Sluka. His area of responsibility also includes Jordan and Lebanon. Andrei Rzheussky will represent the interests of Belarus in India and part-time in Sri Lanka. The benchmark for all diplomats is the development of relations taking into account the economic interests of Belarus.
Today, Gennady Solovey became the first deputy chairman of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee. Nikolai Korotin received the same position in Mogilev region.
Chechersk District Executive Committee is now headed by Yuri Derkachev. Andrei Baranovsky is now the chairman of the Oktyabr Regional Executive Committee. Oleg Bykov has become the chairman of Shumilino Regional Executive Committee. Ivan Rebkovets has been approved for the position of head of the Pinsk City Executive Committee.
Pavel Drozd has been approved for the post of general director of Belenergo. By the way, the Head of State announced a meeting on the entire energy industry. The Bobruiskagromash holding is now headed by Nadezhda Lazarevich. Also today, Artyom Shegidevich became the rector of the Belarusian State Aviation Academy. The Mozyr Pedagogical University is now headed by Valery Navnyko.
Among all people appointed today, every third person has taken up the main leading position from the position of deputy: this means that the person knows one’s own business and staff from the inside. At the same time, the majority of managers are young, which is also important, because it is necessary to take into account the views of the new generation.
