Minsk Regional Council of Deputies

The Minsk Regional Council of Deputies (Belarusian: Мінскі абласны Савет дэпутатаў; Russian: Минский областной Совет депутатов) is the representative state body for the territory of the Minsk Region and the principal institution of the local self-government system in Belarus. It operates at the regional territorial level and holds the status of a legal entity. Under the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the Council is elected by citizens residing in the Minsk Region on the basis of universal, free, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot for a term of four years under a majoritarian system. The deputy corps consists of 60 deputies. The Council's powers include approving inter-territorial programs and measures, exercising powers delegated by Councils of the basic territorial level, and helping balance the budgets of administrative-territorial units within the region in cases established by Belarusian law. It sets local taxes, fees and duties in accordance with Belarusian legislation, provides organizational and methodological assistance to Councils of the basic and primary territorial levels in developing regional development programs that take into account the national-cultural and demographic policy of the Republic of Belarus, regulates land relations within its competence, resolves issues of administrative-territorial structure, and addresses other matters of region-wide significance provided this does not infringe on the independence of Councils at other levels in exercising their powers. Leadership of the Council has included Chairman Ivan Eduardovich Lipnitsky (January 2013 – February 2018) and Natalya Viktorovna Yakubitskaya (from February 2018). Deputy chairmen have included Zhanna Aleksandrovna Vorobey and Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gubash. The Council maintains a mandate commission and several standing commissions, including those on social development, budget-economic issues and foreign economic relations, industry, public services, construction and housing-communal services, and agrarian issues, food, ecology and rational use of natural resources. The 27th convocation elections were held on 23 March 2014, electing 60 deputies; two parties were represented, the CPB and the RPTS, while all other members were non-party. Elections to the 28th convocation of the regional Council of Deputies were held on 18 February 2018, electing 60 deputies, including 2 representatives of the Communist Party. In the Minsk Region elections took place across all 3,451 electoral districts, with turnout of 78.03%, and 34% of citizens voting early. The Council also has members in the Council of the Republic from the Minsk Region, and it is distinct from the Minsk Regional Executive Committee.

The Minsk Regional Council of Deputies is the representative state body for the territory of the Minsk Region and the principal institution of the local self-government system in Belarus. It operates at the regional territorial level and is a legal entity. Under the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the Council is elected by citizens residing in the Minsk Region on the basis of universal, free, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot for a term of four years under a majoritarian system. The deputy corps consists of 60 deputies. The Council's powers include approving inter-territorial programs and measures, exercising powers delegated by Councils of the basic territorial level, and helping balance the budgets of administrative-territorial units within the region in cases established by Belarusian law. It sets local taxes, fees and duties in accordance with Belarusian legislation, provides organizational and methodological assistance to Councils of the basic and primary territorial levels in developing regional development programs that take into account the national-cultural and demographic policy of the Republic of Belarus, regulates land relations within its competence, resolves issues of administrative-territorial structure, and addresses other matters of region-wide significance provided this does not infringe on the independence of Councils at other levels in exercising their powers. Leadership of the Council has included Chairman Ivan Eduardovich Lipnitsky (January 2013 – February 2018) and Natalya Viktorovna Yakubitskaya (from February 2018). Deputy chairmen have included Zhanna Aleksandrovna Vorobey and Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gubash. The Council maintains a mandate commission and several standing commissions, including those on social development, budget-economic issues and foreign economic relations, industry, public services, construction and housing-communal services, and agrarian issues, food, ecology and rational use of natural resources. The 27th convocation elections were held on 23 March 2014, electing 60 deputies; two parties were represented, the CPB and the RPTS, while all other members were non-party. Elections to the 28th convocation of the regional Council of Deputies were held on 18 February 2018, electing 60 deputies, including 2 representatives of the Communist Party. In the Minsk Region elections took place across all 3,451 electoral districts, with turnout of 78.03%, and 34% of citizens voting early. The Council also has members in the Council of the Republic from the Minsk Region, and it is distinct from the Minsk Regional Executive Committee.

• 2018

  Elections to the 28th convocation held on 18 February 2018, electing 60 deputies.

• 2018

  Natalya Viktorovna Yakubitskaya becomes Chairman from February 2018.

• 2014

  Elections to the 27th convocation held on 23 March 2014, electing 60 deputies.

• 2013

  Ivan Eduardovich Lipnitsky serves as Chairman from January 2013.

Regional representative state body and core institution of local self-government for the Minsk Region of Belarus.

1. 1Minsk Regional Council of Deputieswikidata.org
2. 2Минский областной Совет депутатовru.wikipedia.org