Ministry of Emergency Situations (Belarus)

For other uses, see Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Ministry of Emergency Situations
Міністэрства па надзвычайных сітуацыях
Ministerstva pa nadzvyčajnych situacyjach
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Ministry headquarters
Agency overview
FormedSeptember 23, 1994 (1994-09-23)[1]
JurisdictionCouncil of Ministers of Belarus
HeadquartersRevaliucyjnaja Street, Minsk
MottoЗа безопасность вместе (Security Together)
Minister responsible
  • Vadim Sinyavsky, Minister of Emergency Situations
Agency executives
  • Vasil Stsepanenka, First Deputy Minister
  • Alyaksandr Hancharou, Deputy Minister
  • Alyaksandr Khudaleyeu, Deputy Minister
  • Henadz Lasuta, Deputy Minister
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The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus (Belarusian: Міністэрства па надзвычайных сітуацыях) is a government agency overseeing emergency services in Belarus. It is responsible for protecting the Belarusian people during natural disasters. It is located on Revaliucyjnaja Street in Minsk.[2] The Ministry for Emergency Situations was established in accordance a decree of President Alexander Lukashenko on September 23, 1994.[3]

Duties

The ministry performs the following duties:[4]

  • Control and management in the sphere of prevention and liquidation of emergency situations of natural and man-made disasters and civil defense
  • Provide fire, industrial, nuclear and radiation safety
  • Dealing with the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster
  • The creation and preservation of state and mobilization material reserves
  • Regulation in the field of safety of navigation of small vessels on inland waterways of Belarus

Ministers

  • Ivan Kenik (1994—1999)
  • Valery Astapov (1999—2004)
  • Enver Bariev (2004—2010)
  • Uladzimir Vashchanka[5] (2010—2021)
  • Vadim Sinyavsky (2021—present)[6]

Structure

Apparatus

  • Minister
  • First Deputy Minister
  • Deputy Ministers
    • Deputy Minister
    • Deputy Minister
    • Deputy Minister
  • Assistant Minister - Spokesman
  • General Directorate of the State System for Prevention and Elimination of Emergencies and Civil Protection
  • Management of Emergency Services and Emergency Response
  • Office Management and Enforcement
  • Personnel Management
  • Logistics Management
  • Office of International Cooperation
  • Management of Surveillance and Prevention
  • Legal Support Management
  • Management of Financial and Economic Work
  • Department of Science and Innovation Development
  • Operational Management Department
  • Department of Organization of Public Education and Training
  • Department of Regime-Secret Work
  • Communication and Alerts Department
  • Construction Department
  • Sector of Ideological Work
  • Mobilization Sector
  • Security Sector

Territorial Directorates

Educational and scientific departments

  • Research Institute of Fire Safety and Emergencies
  • Lyceum at the Gomel Engineering Institute
  • State Aviation Emergency Rescue Institution
  • Republican Special Detachment
  • Republican Center for Emergency Management and Response
  • Republican Center for Certification and Examination of Licensed Activities
  • Republican Logistics Center
  • Republican Control and Revision Inspectorate
  • Centralized Accounting

Subordinate government organizations

  • Evacuation Administration
  • Scientific Production Republican Unitary Enterprise "Security Emergency"
  • Belinvestkamplekt Republican Unitary Enterprise
  • Diekos Republican Unitary Enterprise
  • Institute of Radiology
  • Uniform Production
  • Polesie Republican Unit
  • Radon Specialized Unit
  • Bellesavia Republican Unit
  • Children's Rehabilitation and Wellness Center
  • Zhdanovichi State Reserve
  • Polesie State Radiation Ecological Reserve
  • Protection Units

See also

References

  1. ^ "1990–1999 годы" (in Russian). Ministry of Emergency Situations. Archived from the original on 2017-10-22. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  2. ^ Революционная, 5
  3. ^ "1990–1999 годы" (in Russian). Министерство по чрезвычайным ситуациям. Archived from the original on 2017-10-22. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  4. ^ "Прызначэнне МНС Рэспублікі Беларусь". Archived from the original on 2010-09-12. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  5. ^ "Ministries". The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  6. ^ "Доклад Министра по чрезвычайным ситуациям Вадима Синявского | Официальный интернет-портал Президента Республики Беларусь". president.gov.by. Retrieved 2022-12-23.

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