{"id":8676,"date":"2023-10-27T13:19:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T10:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=8676"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"valer-mackievic-appointed-transition-cabinets-chief-of-staff","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/8676\/","title":{"rendered":"Valer Mackievi\u010d appointed transition cabinet&#8217;s chief of staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mackievich_744x496.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mackievich_744x496.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mackievich_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>Photo: United Transitional Cabinet<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 27, <em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has appointed politician Valer Mackievi\u010d as chief of staff at the opposition transition cabinet, its press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My main task is to ensure that the cabinet works as a coherent mechanism with common priorities and a single goal \u2013 an independent democratic Belarus without political prisoners and with legitimate government,&#8221; Mackievi\u010d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The transition cabinet in its capacity of the Belarusian opposition&#8217;s &#8220;main executive branch&#8221; faces the challenge of ensuring &#8220;the transit of power from the criminal regime to the legitimate and democratic power,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician described the cabinet as a shadow government, noting that it has been developing socially important projects for Belarusians, including an alternative New Belarus passport and by.social platform, in addition to maintaining high-level international contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mackievi\u010d has been politically active in Belarus since 1999 and used to serve as deputy chair of the opposition youth organization Malady Front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He coordinated campaigns during the presidential elections in 2001, 2006, 2010, and ran in 2007 local elections. He also worked with the embassies of the European Union and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, Mackievi\u010d headed one of the strategic analytical groups for Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s electoral campaign and was imprisoned immediately after the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the fall of 2020, he joined the Coordinating Council for Political Crisis Settlement, serving as its representative for the European Union\u2019s Eastern Partnership program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 27, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has appointed politician Valer Mackievi\u010d as chief of staff at the opposition transition cabinet, its press office reports. &#8220;My main task is to ensure that the cabinet works as a coherent mechanism with common priorities and a single goal \u2013 an independent democratic Belarus without political prisoners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":8611,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-8676","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>Valer Mackievi\u010d appointed transition cabinet&#039;s chief of staff | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 27, Pozirk. 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