The Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus (Russian: Администрация Президента Республики Беларусь, Belarusian: Адміністрацыя Прэзыдэнта Рэспублікі Беларусь, romanized: Administracyja Prezydenta Respubliki Bielaruś) is a state administration body of Belarus that supervises the implementation of the resolutions of the President.
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Functions
The Presidential Administration has been created following a constitutional reform and the first presidential election in Belarus held in 1994. Alexander Lukashenko has been occupying the post as President of Belarus ever since. He has been accused of installing an authoritarian regime in Belarus. No other presidential elections in the country have been considered free and fair by the United States and the European Union.
The Administration of the President plays a key role in the Belarusian authoritarian system of state governance. The administration organizes the interaction between the President and legislative, executive and judicial bodies, local authorities, and mass media; provides analytical support to the President of Belarus. It drafts presidential decisions and legislation that is subsequently formally approved by the Parliament of Belarus.
Current leadership
As of 10 July 2025
Dmitry Krutoi, Head of the Presidential Administration
Vladimir Pertsov, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Olga Chupris, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Dmitry Matusevich, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Accusations
Given the strategic importance of the Presidential Administration in the Belarusian system of power, senior officials of the administration of President Lukashenko have been accused by the United States and the European Union of orchestrating state propaganda that has been justifying political repressions and electoral fraud.
After the presidential elections of 2006, 2010 and 2020 top officials from the Presidential Administration have been included in EU and US sanctions lists and thereby made subject to travel bans and asset freeze.
Officials of the Presidential Administration sanctioned by the US and EU
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Natalia Petkevich, First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus in 2004–2010
Alexander Radkov, Former Minister of Education, then leader of the Belaya Rus movement and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Vladimir Rusakevich, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
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Gennady Nevyglas, Head of the Presidential Administration
Natalia Petkevich, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Anatoly Rubinov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration in charge of media and ideology
Oleg Proleskovsky, Head of the Main Ideological department at the Presidential Administration
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Vsevolod Yanchevsky, Head of the Ideological Department of the Presidential Administration and Assistant to the President
Oleg Proleskovsky, former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, former Head of General Directorate for Ideology and Centre of Analysis and Information
Anatoly Rubinov, former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration in charge of Media and Ideology (in 2006–2008)
Alexander Bazanov, Director of the Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration
Former staff
Ural Latypov, Bashkortostan-born KGB officer, later foreign minister of Belarus, head of the Presidential Administration in 2001-2004