Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko appointed on Monday new Prime Minister of the country and at the same time reorganized the governmentinforms TASR, according to DPA.
“As I promised, a new generation will lead the country,” said 70-year-old Lukashenko, who has long determined the political direction of this Eastern European country. Alexandr Turčin, 49, became the new prime minister, who has been the head of the Minsk region so far, and in the past he was also Deputy Prime Minister. Lukashenko commissioned the previous Prime Minister of the 51-year-old Raman Halovchenko by leading the Belarus Central Bank With the fact that he fulfills his wish that the banking sector plays a greater role in the Belarusian economy.
Lukashenko has been at the forefront of Belarus since 1994. After the elections in 2020, it was declared their winner, although observers based on independent so -called. Exit Pollov said that the opposition candidate Viacovlana Cichanovská received more votes from voters than Lukashenko.
The announcement of the results of the controversial elections was then caused by mass street protests in Belarus. Their participants asked Lukashenko’s resignation and announcement of new elections. However, the ruling regime was brutally suppressed by these demonstrations.
In the last January presidential election, Lukashenko won about 86 percent of the votes. As the AP said, only symbolic challengers who have not openly criticized the Belarusian leader stood against it. Independent observers did not participate in the elections.
