The Political Portrait of Belarus

The Republic of Belarus is a unitary, democratic, social state based on the rule of law, which exercises absolute authority over its entire territory and implements an independent domestic and foreign policy.

Belarus is a presidential republic. The President of the Republic of Belarus is Head of the State, guarantor of the country's Constitution, human and citizen's rights and liberties. The President is elected by the people of the Republic of Belarus for a term of five years through a universal, free, direct and equal suffrage by secret ballot. Being Head of the State, the President provides for the protection of sovereignty, national security and territorial integrity of the country, ensures its political and economic stability. The President is also Head of the Executive and ensures its interaction with the legislative bodies, establishes and dissolves ministries, state committees and other central bodies of state administration.

The bicameral parliament is a representative and legislative insti­tution of the country.

The House of Representatives of the National Assembly consists of 110 deputies elected on the basis of a universal, free, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot. The Council of the Republic is the House of territorial representation. Its members are elected by secret ballot at sessions of local councils of deputies. The Parliament's term of office is 4 years.

Management of the country is effectuated by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus, which is headed by the Prime Minister. The Council of Ministers is accountable to the President and reports to the Parliament of the country.

The judicial power in the country belongs to courts. The judicial system is composed of the Supreme Court, regional courts, the Minsk city court, district and local courts as well as military tribunals, which exercise justice in the armed forces of the Republic. Disputes in the field of economic relations are to be settled by economic courts led by the Supreme Economic Court and involving regional economic courts.

Local authority and self-government in Belarus are exercised through the councils of local deputies, their executive and administrative bodies.

The supreme control over law execution in the country is vested with the Attorney General and attorneys subordinate to him. The country's Constitutional Court is entrusted to supervise administration of constitutional provisions.

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