The Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus (
Russian: Администрация Президента Республики Беларусь,
Belarusian: Адміністрацыя прэзыдэнта Рэспублікі Беларусь) is a state administration body of
Belarus that supervises the implementation of the resolutions of the
President.
The Administration of the President plays a key role in the Belarusian authoritarian system of state governance. The administration organizes the interaction between the President and legislative, executive and judicial bodies, local authorities, and mass media; provides analytical support to the President of Belarus. It drafts presidential decisions and legislation that is subsequently formally approved by the
Parliament of Belarus.
Maxim Ryzhenkov, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Olga Chupris, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Dmitry Krutoi, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Igor Lutsky, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Vladimir Pertsov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Accusations
Given the strategic importance of the Presidential Administration in the Belarusian system of power, senior officials of the administration of President Lukashenko have been accused by the
United States and the
European Union of orchestrating state propaganda that has been justifying political repressions and
electoral fraud.
After the presidential elections of
2006 and
2010 top officials from the Presidential Administration have been included in
EU and US sanctions lists and thereby made subject to travel bans and asset freeze.
Officials of the Presidential Administration sanctioned by the US and EU
Vsevolod Yanchevsky, Head of the Ideological Department of the Presidential Administration and Assistant to the President
Oleg Proleskovsky, former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, former Head of General Directorate for Ideology and Centre of Analysis and Information
Anatoly Rubinov, former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration in charge of Media and Ideology (in 2006–2008)
Alexander Bazanov, Director of the Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration
Victor Sheiman, Head of the Management Department of the Presidential Administration. Accused of being responsible for the unresolved disappearances of opposition leaders
Yury Zakharenko,
Victor Gonchar, opposition sponsor Anatoly Krasovsky, and journalist
Dmitry Zavadsky in 1999–2000. Also included in EU's previous lists.
Yury Sivakov, former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. Accused of having orchestrated the unresolved disappearances of Yury Zakharenko, Victor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovsky and Dmitry Zavadsky in 1999–2000. Also included in EU's previous lists.
Former staff
Ural Latypov,
Bashkortostan-born
KGB officer, later foreign minister of Belarus, head of the Presidential Administration in 2001-2004