{"id":132275,"date":"2025-03-31T14:41:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T11:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132275\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"energy-minister-dismissed-appointed-as-head-minsk-region-his-deputy-promoted","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132275\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy minister dismissed, appointed as head of Minsk region, his deputy promoted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kushnarenko_moroz_minenergo_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kushnarenko_moroz_minenergo_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kushnarenko_moroz_minenergo_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kushnarenko_moroz_minenergo_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kushnarenko_moroz_minenergo_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kushnarenko_moroz_minenergo_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Alaksiej Ku\u0161narenka (left), Dzianis Maroz \n    <\/div>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 31, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksadar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed Alaksiej Ku\u0161narenka, energy minister until recently, as head of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee, promoting Dzianis Maroz from deputy energy minister to minister, Pul Pervogo, his unofficial Telegram channel reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ku\u0161narenka\u2019s tenure as energy minister lasted less than eight months. His dismissal comes amid reports of at least nine major incidents involving the power and water supply infrastructure over the past three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A native of Po\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, Ku\u0161narenka holds degrees from the local university and Management Academy in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 1997 to 2010, he worked in various capacities at the Viciebsk region\u2019s state-run gas provider, rising from a foreman to a branch head. For nine following years, he was in charge of the same company in the Mahilo\u016d region before taking over Bie\u0142palivahaz, a heating fuel supply company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His successor, Azerbaijan-born Maroz, is a graduate of Homiel State Technical University with a major in electric power engineering. He continued his studies at the Management Academy and obtained a PhD degree. Maroz had served as deputy energy minister in the last four years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 31, Pozirk. Alaksadar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed Alaksiej Ku\u0161narenka, energy minister until recently, as head of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee, promoting Dzianis Maroz from deputy energy minister to minister, Pul Pervogo, his unofficial Telegram channel reports. Ku\u0161narenka\u2019s tenure as energy minister lasted less than eight months. His dismissal comes amid reports of at least [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":132252,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-132275","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Energy minister dismissed, appointed as head of Minsk region, his deputy promoted | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 31, Pozirk. 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