Council of the Republic of Belarus


The Council of the Republic is the upper house in Belarus' bicameral parliament, the National Assembly. The Council consists of 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 and the city of Minsk are represented by eight members, and an additional eight members are appointed to the council via presidential quota.
The Council of the Republic was established in 1997 to replace Supreme Soviet of Belarus.

Speakers of the Council of the Republic

NameEntered officeLeft office
Pavel ShipukJanuary 13, 1997December 19, 2000
Alyaksandr VaytovichDecember 19, 2000July 28, 2003
Henadz NavitskiJuly 28, 2003October 31, 2008
Boris BaturaOctober 31, 2008May 24, 2010
Anatoli RubinovMay 24, 2010December 2014
Mikhail MyasnikovichDecember 27, 2014December, 2019
Natalya KochanovaDecember, 2019Present