{"id":208227,"date":"2026-10-20T18:35:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208227\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T19:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:14:48","slug":"lukasenka-dismisses-viciebsk-regions-head","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208227\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka dismisses Viciebsk region\u2019s head"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 20, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong><\/em> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has dismissed Alaksandar Raho\u017enik, chairman of the Viciebsk Regional Executive Committee, citing his illness, the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Siarhiej La\u016dkovi\u010d, former first deputy chairman, has been appointed acting head of the region.<br>Raho\u017enik had led the underperforming Viciebsk region from mid-January. Earlier, he had served as Belarusian ambassador to Russia and as industry minister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 20, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has dismissed Alaksandar Raho\u017enik, chairman of the Viciebsk Regional Executive Committee, citing his illness, the Belarusian ruler\u2019s press office reports. Siarhiej La\u016dkovi\u010d, former first deputy chairman, has been appointed acting head of the region.Raho\u017enik had led the underperforming Viciebsk region from mid-January. Earlier, he had served as Belarusian ambassador to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-208227","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka dismisses Viciebsk region\u2019s head | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 20, Pozirk. 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