{"id":139467,"date":"2025-05-23T13:28:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139467\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-preparing-successors-for-all-positions-except-himself-sociologist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139467\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka preparing successors for all positions except himself \u2013 sociologist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 23, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka is not afraid of promoting younger professionals he considers more competent, sociologist Ryhor Astapenia has said, commenting on Natalla Piatkievi\u010d&#8217;s appointment as deputy prime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Astapienia, in charge of Chatham House&#8217;s Belarus Initiative, made this statement while presenting an analysis by the Center for New Ideas that focused on the Belarusian ruling elites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also important to see who was not promoted recently, the researcher said, citing the dismissal of longtime Academy of Sciences head U\u0142adzimir Husako\u016d. The move indicates that the ruling system in Belarus is changing with promotions targeting people capable of leadership under current circumstances, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a certain modernization of the system itself, showing that \u0141uka\u0161enka is preparing some kind of continuity of his system in many positions except for the one that he holds,\u201d Astapienia concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka replaced Husako\u016d with former Deputy Prime Minister Karanik, promoting Natalla Piatkievi\u010d, ex-deputy chief of his administration, to the position left vacant by Karanik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Piatkievi\u010d had served as \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s spokeswoman from 2001 to 2004, moving later to his administration. She retired from civil service in 2014. Then she reportedly married Valancin Rybako\u016d, Belarus\u2019 permanent representative to the United Nations, and lived in the USA despite being under US sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Besarab_archiv_1128_20240425-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Besarab_archiv_1128_20240425-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Besarab_archiv_1128_20240425-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Besarab_archiv_1128_20240425-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Besarab_archiv_1128_20240425-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Besarab_archiv_1128_20240425.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Academy of Sciences unlikely to thrive under Karanik \u2013 researcher<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 23, Pozirk. The appointment of U\u0142adzimir Karanik, an outsider to the academic community, as head of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reflects the current state of research in Belarus, former NAS employee Siarhiej Biesarab told Pozirk. Even though &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/139454\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 23, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka is not afraid of promoting younger professionals he considers more competent, sociologist Ryhor Astapenia has said, commenting on Natalla Piatkievi\u010d&#8217;s appointment as deputy prime minister. Astapienia, in charge of Chatham House&#8217;s Belarus Initiative, made this statement while presenting an analysis by the Center for New Ideas that focused on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-139467","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka preparing successors for all positions except himself \u2013 sociologist | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 23, Pozirk. 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