{"id":90489,"date":"2024-06-13T14:55:31","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T11:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/90489\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-appoints-information-minister-other-officials","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/90489\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka appoints information minister, other officials"},"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\/2024\/06\/pavliuchenko_markov_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pavliuchenko_markov_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pavliuchenko_markov_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pavliuchenko_markov_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pavliuchenko_markov_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pavliuchenko_markov_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Natalla Pa\u016dlu\u010denka and Marat Marka\u016d \n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Prof-Press \/ ONT)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 13, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed top <em>ONT<\/em> TV executive Marat Marka\u016d as information minister, his press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The position remained vacant since early April, when \u0141uka\u0161enka transferred previous minister U\u0142adzimir Piarco\u016d to his administration. Ihar \u0141ucki, a member of the upper parliamentary chamber, has replaced Marka\u016d at <em>ONT<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marka\u016d is known as a staunch \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s supporter who favors censorship. In 2021, he interviewed former opposition blogger Raman Pratasievi\u010d, who was captured after the forced landing of a Ryanair plane in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another high-profile appointment, Natalla Pa\u016dlu\u010denka has been put in charge of labor and social security ministry after her predecessor Iryna Ka\u015bcievi\u010d left the job in late March to become an MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka also appointed Siarhiej Ma\u0142una\u016d as ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Alaksandar Kochan, as aide in charge of the Minsk region; and Ihar Buzo\u016dski, as rector of Management Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian ruler also named new chairmen to district executive committees: Raman \u017duk in Baranavi\u010dy, Brest region; Alaksandar Kor\u017e in Ma\u0142aryta, Brest region; and Alaksiej Harbul in Rasony, Viciebsk region. Andrej Stryhielski has been named as deputy head of the Minsk City Executive Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrej Ku\u017aniaco\u016d has been appointed as deputy industry minister; Alaksiej \u017da\u0142dybin and Mika\u0142aj Raho\u017enik as consuls general in United Arab Emirates and Russia\u2019s St. Petersburg, respectively.<\/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\/06\/hymarian_armenia_posol_trk_vitebsk_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/hymarian_armenia_posol_trk_vitebsk_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/hymarian_armenia_posol_trk_vitebsk_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/hymarian_armenia_posol_trk_vitebsk_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/hymarian_armenia_posol_trk_vitebsk_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/hymarian_armenia_posol_trk_vitebsk_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Armenia recalls ambassador after \u0141uka\u0161enka&#039;s Azerbaijan trip<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 13, Pozirk. Armenia has recalled its ambassador from Minsk, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ani Badalyan has said on Facebook without specifying further details. The move marks a low point in relations strained by the Belarusian leader\u2019s visit to Azerbaijan &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/90459\">\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 13, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed top ONT TV executive Marat Marka\u016d as information minister, his press office reported. The position remained vacant since early April, when \u0141uka\u0161enka transferred previous minister U\u0142adzimir Piarco\u016d to his administration. Ihar \u0141ucki, a member of the upper parliamentary chamber, has replaced Marka\u016d at ONT. Marka\u016d is known as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":90457,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-90489","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>\u0141uka\u0161enka appoints information minister, other officials | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 13, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed top ONT TV executive Marat Marka\u016d as information minister, his press office reported. 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