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Council of Belarus

Council of the Republic of Belarus
Савет Рэспублікі Нацыянальнага сходу Рэспублікі Беларусі
Type
Type
Leadership
Speaker
Mikhail Myasnikovich
Since December 2014
Structure
Seats 64
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Political groups
  Independents: 46 seats
Elections
Last election
None (Indirectly elected and appointed)
Meeting place
Minsk, Krasnoarmeyskaya, 9
Website
Official Web-site

The Council of the Republic (Belarusian: Савет Рэспублікі, Savyet Respubliki; Russian: Совет Республики, Sovet Respubliki) is the upper house in Belarus' bicameral parliament, the National Assembly. The Council comprises 64 members, and the representation is based geographically, with most of the elected members come from civil society organizations, labour collectives and public associations in their jurisdiction. Each oblast (six) and the city of Minsk (the national capital) are represented with eight members plus another eight members are appointed to the council on the presidential quota.


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