{"id":191434,"date":"2026-06-11T14:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191434\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T14:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:22:29","slug":"lysienka-appointed-belarus-environment-minister","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191434\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141ysienka appointed Belarus\u2019 environment minister"},"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\/2026\/06\/lysenko_lukashenko_press.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lysenko_lukashenko_press.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lysenko_lukashenko_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lysenko_lukashenko_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lysenko_lukashenko_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lysenko_lukashenko_press-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        \u0141uka\u0161enka (C) instructing \u0141ysienka (L) on his appointment\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Belarusian leader&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 11, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed Maksim \u0141ysienka as environment minister, filling the vacancy left by Siarhiej Maslak, who is currently in jail awaiting trial on corruption charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in 1984, \u0141ysienka graduated from Belarusian State Technology University in 2007 and Minsk Management Institute in 2010. He has served as first deputy environment minister since July 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Belarusian leader\u2019s press office, \u0141uka\u0161enka told \u0141ysienka today that he was dissatisfied with the ministry\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also today, he appointed Volha Anufryjeva director and editor-in-chief of the Belarus Segodnya Publishing House, the country\u2019s largest propaganda media outlet. Anufryjeva, who previously headed the Zviazda Publishing House, replaces D\u017amitryj \u017duk, who was appointed information minister several months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other appointments, \u0141uka\u0161enka named Ja\u016dhien Sabale\u016dski ambassador to Lybia and Alaksandar Aharodnika\u016d ambassador to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also approved the appointments of Ja\u016dhien \u0160krobat as head of the Pietryka\u016d district in the Homeil region, Andrej K\u0142y\u0161e\u016dski as head of the A\u0161miany district in the Hrodna region, Mikhai\u0142 Symanovi\u010d as CEO of the Bie\u0142kamunma\u0161 trolleybus manufacturing company, and Eduard \u0160al as CEO of the Lidsielma\u0161 agricultural equipment manufacturing company.<\/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\/2026\/03\/masliak-sb-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/masliak-sb-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/masliak-sb-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/masliak-sb-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/masliak-sb-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/masliak-sb.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka sacks environment minister week after announcing that he was in jail<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 19, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has sacked Siarhiej Ma\u015blak as minister of environmental protection \u201cin connection with a wrongdoing incompatible with civil service,\u201d the Belarusian leader\u2019s press office reported. The decision comes a week after \u0141uka\u0161enka announced that Ma\u015blak was &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/180126\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 11, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed Maksim \u0141ysienka as environment minister, filling the vacancy left by Siarhiej Maslak, who is currently in jail awaiting trial on corruption charges. Born in 1984, \u0141ysienka graduated from Belarusian State Technology University in 2007 and Minsk Management Institute in 2010. 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