{"id":197025,"date":"2026-07-23T21:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197025\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:16:04","slug":"lukasenka-set-to-give-security-councils-state-secretary-more-influence-over-kgb","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197025\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka\u0161enka set to give Security Council\u2019s state secretary more influence over KGB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 23,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Alaksandar Luka\u0161enka told his officials on July 23 that he plans to give a bigger role to the state secretary of the Security Council, including stronger influence over the Committee for State Security (KGB).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are reformatting the Committee for State Security by strengthening the Security Council secretariat and its impact, its influence on the KGB,\u201d Luka\u0161enka said in a video posted by Pul Pervogo, a Telegram channel linked to his press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Luka\u0161enka, the current State Secretary of the Security Council Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d, \u201ca military man,\u201d is closely involved with the Armed Forces, a little less involved but still comfortable with the interior ministry but distant from the KGB, \u201ca kind of terra incognita.\u201d He warned that the secretariat of the Security Council \u201cmust not lose sight\u201d of this agency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want you to understand that the role of the state secretary and the secretariat will be strengthened,\u201d Luka\u0161enka said. \u201cOf course, there are details and nuances \u2013 the KGB chief knows them \u2013 that are reported only to the president. Foreign intelligence, agent networks, resident networks and so on, but only the president should know this, this should not be spread around and leaked.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, Luka\u0161enka said, the Security Council should oversee all law-enforcement and state security agencies and report to the \u201chighest leadership,\u201d just like the Council of Ministers oversees government ministries.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis does not mean that I will not have direct relations with the defense minister, let alone with the KGB chief, who is directly subordinate to the president,\u201d Luka\u0161enka said. \u201cThere are direct relations \u2014 I monitor this closely, because military people in uniform are very proud, and this is the president\u2019s area of responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luka\u0161enka described the Security Council\u2019s state secretary as \u201cthe president\u2019s aide on these issues\u201d and reiterated that he would be given greater weight, \u201cwithout any excesses.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valfovi\u010d is frequently mentioned as a possible successor to Luka\u0161enka. At a high-profile Independence Day ceremony on July 3, Volfovi\u010d delivered a speech instead of Luka\u0161enka, who was unexpectedly absent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 Security Council is an inter-agency advisory body whose declared mission is to devise coordinated measures to maintain national security. Alaksandar Luka\u0161enka heads the agency and appoints its members, while the secretariat performs its everyday functions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 23,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Alaksandar Luka\u0161enka told his officials on July 23 that he plans to give a bigger role to the state secretary of the Security Council, including stronger influence over the Committee for State Security (KGB).&nbsp; \u201cWe are reformatting the Committee for State Security by strengthening the Security Council secretariat and its impact, its influence on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":194413,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-197025","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Luka\u0161enka set to give Security 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