{"id":154329,"date":"2025-09-08T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154329\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"minister-ousted-after-industries-fail-to-break-even-documents-suggest","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154329\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister ousted after companies fail to break even, documents suggest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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September 8, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> At least 27 Belarusian companies began 2025 with losses, according to internal documents from the Ministry of Industry. The minister ordered that several top managers be issued with reprimands, and was eventually dismissed himself a month later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Ministry of Industry board meeting on May 30, officials summed up the results of the first quarter and discussed tasks for the first half of the year. A copy of the ministry\u2019s resolution drafted after the meeting and inked by Minister Alaksandar Jafima\u016d was shared with Pozirk <\/em>by the BelPol investigative group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the document, the work of 27 companies was deemed unsatisfactory. The entities \u201callowed losses and\/or did not ensure break-even operation in line with the January\u2013March 2025 business plans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list of unprofitable enterprises includes heavyweights, such as Amkador, the Belarusian Steel Works, Homsielma\u0161, At\u0142ant, the Babrujsk Machine-Building Plant and the Minsk Automatic Lines Plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The managers of these enterprises were told to submit to the Ministry of Industry \u201ctimelines and measures for achieving break-even operation in 2025.\u201d The board suggested that Minister Jafima\u016d should take \u201cdisciplinary measures\u201d against the CEOs of unprofitable producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five days after the meeting, on June 4, Jafima\u016d signed an order \u201cimplementing the board\u2019s decisions.\u201d BelPol shared the copy of the order with Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The document provides for reprimands against the CEOs who \u201cfailed to meet key performance indicators for January\u2013March 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Industry issued an upbeat statement on the May 30 meeting. However, Jafima\u016d lasted on the job only for a month. On June 30, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka appointed Deputy Minister Andrej Ku\u017aniaco\u016d as head of the ministry, while Jafima\u016d returned to Amkador, which he had headed before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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