Executive
Branch
Belarus is a
Presidential republic where the role of President
is quite strong. The President, however, does not run the economy of the
country but sets the guidelines and controls the work of the Government. The
Government (Council of Ministers and
a number of Ministries and
Committees) is working with current issues of a
day-to-day basis, thus exercising executive powers.
The current
President of the Republic of Belarus is
Alexander
Lukashenko.
Legislative Branch
The National Assembly comprises two houses - the
House of Representatives (110
deputies and Supreme House) and the
Council of the Republic (64 deputies).
The Council of the Republic is the house of territorial
representation. Eight members of the Council are appointed by the President
of the Republic of Belarus, while the rest are elected at the sittings of
the Deputies of the local Soviets of Deputies of the basic level: 8 from
each of the six regions of the Republic and of the city of Minsk. The
deputies to the House of Representatives are elected directly by the voters.
Judicial branch
Judicial power belongs to courts. The Constitutional
Court exercises control over the legality of proposed legislation and
regulations.
