{"id":121677,"date":"2025-01-14T14:56:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T11:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121677\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-appoints-two-ministers-six-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121677\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka appoints two ministers, six ambassadors"},"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\/2025\/01\/bogdanov_karpovich_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bogdanov_karpovich_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bogdanov_karpovich_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bogdanov_karpovich_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bogdanov_karpovich_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bogdanov_karpovich_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Alaksiej Bahdana\u016d (left) and Artur Karpovi\u010d (right)\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Collage by Pozirk, pictures by the antimonopoly ministry&#039;s press office and Alaksej Viazmicina\u016d \/ Respublika)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 14, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed Alaksiej Bahdana\u016d, the antimonopoly minister until recently, as ambassador to Kazakhstan, the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artur Karpovi\u010d, a diplomat who was in charge of the Belarusian embassy&#8217;s office in Russia&#8217;s Tatartstan, takes over as antimonopoly minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian leader has placed First Deputy Finance Minister D\u017amitryj Kijko in charge of the tax ministry and promoted diplomat Pavie\u0142 Uciupin to deputy foreign minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandar Aharodnika\u016d of the industry ministry goes to Uzbekistan as ambassador; his colleague Vital Bar\u010duk, to Cuba; diplomat Juryj Jara\u0161evi\u010d, to Israel; former Health Minister D\u017amitryj Pinievic, to Azerbaijan; and former foreign ministry&#8217;s spokesman Anatol H\u0142az, to Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 14, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed Alaksiej Bahdana\u016d, the antimonopoly minister until recently, as ambassador to Kazakhstan, the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office reports. Artur Karpovi\u010d, a diplomat who was in charge of the Belarusian embassy&#8217;s office in Russia&#8217;s Tatartstan, takes over as antimonopoly minister. The Belarusian leader has placed First Deputy Finance Minister D\u017amitryj [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":121659,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-121677","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 two ministers, six ambassadors | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 14, Pozirk. 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