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This is a list of prime ministers of Belarus since the Belarusian declaration of independence in 1918.
Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Political party | ||
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1 | Jazep Jakaulevich Varonka (1891–1952) | 21 February 1918 | May 1918 | Belarusian Socialist Assembly | |
2 | Jan Nikitivich Sierada (1879–1943+) | June 1918 | August 1918 | ||
3 | Raman Aliaksandravich Skirmunt (1868–1939) | June 1918 | August 1918 | Belarusian National Assembly | |
4 | Anton Ivanavich Luckievich (1883–1938) | October 1918 | 11 October 1918 | Belarusian Socialist Assembly |
Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Political party | ||
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1 | Anton Ivanavich Luckievich (1883–1938) | 11 October 1918 | 13 December 1919 | Belarusian Socialist Assembly | |
2 | Vaclau Justynavich Lastouski (1883–1938) | 13 December 1919 | 1920 | Belarusian Socialist-Revolutionary Party |
Following the fall of the Belarusian People's Republic, the Rada went into exile—first to Vilnius to 1925, then to Prague before settling in Canada.
Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Political party | ||
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1 | Vaclau Justynavich Lastouski (1883–1938) | 1920 | 23 August 1923 | Socialist-Revolutionary Party | |
2 | Aliaksandar (Ivanavič) Cvikievič (1888–1937) | 23 August 1923 | 8 March 1928 | ||
3 | Vasil Ivanovich Zacharka (1877–1943) | 8 March 1928 | 6 March 1943 | Belarusian Socialist Assembly | |
4 | Mikola Semyonovich Abramchyk (1903–1970) | 6 March 1943 | May 1970 | Independent | |
5 | Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič (1903–1989) | May 1970 | November 1980 | ||
6 | Jazep Sažyč (1917–2007) | November 1980 | 1997 | ||
7 | Ivonka Survilla (1936–) | 30 August 1997 |
Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Political party | ||
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1 | Alexander Grigoryevich Chervyakov (1892–1937) | 1 August 1920 | 17 March 1924 | Communist Party | |
2 | Iosif Alexandrovich Adamovich (1897–1937) | 17 March 1924 | 7 May 1927 | ||
3 | Nikolay Mateyevich Goloded (1894–1937) | 7 May 1927 | 30 May 1937 | ||
4 | Danil Ivanavich Volkovich (1900–1937) | 30 May 1937 | 8 September 1937 | ||
5 | Afanasy Feodorovich Kovalyov (1903–1993) | 8 September 1937 | 28 July 1938 | ||
6 | Kuzma Venediktovich Kiselyov (1903–1977) | 28 July 1938 | 28 June 1940 | ||
7 | Ivan Semyonovich Bylinsky (1903–1976) | 28 June 1940 | 7 February 1944 | ||
8 | Panteleimon Kondratyevich Ponomarenko (1902–1984) | 7 February 1944 | 15 March 1946 |
Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Political party | ||
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(8) | Panteleimon Kondratyevich Ponomarenko (1902–1984) | 15 March 1946 | 17 March 1948 | Communist Party | |
9 | Aleksey Yefimovich Kleshchev (1905–1968) | 15 March 1948 | 25 June 1953 | ||
10 | Kirill Trofimovich Mazurov (1914–1989) | 25 June 1953 | 28 July 1956 | ||
11 | Nikolai Efremovich Avkhimovich (1907–1996) | 28 July 1956 | 9 April 1959 | ||
12 | Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov (1917–1983) | 9 April 1959 | 11 December 1978 | ||
13 | Aleksandr Nikiforovich Aksyonov (1924–2009) | 11 December 1978 | 8 July 1983 | ||
14 | Vladimir Ignatevich Brovikov (1931–1992) | 8 July 1983 | 10 January 1986 | ||
15 | Mikhail Vasilevich Kovalyov (1925–2007) | 10 January 1986 | 7 April 1990 | ||
16 | Vyacheslav Frantsevich Kebich (1936–2020) | 7 April 1990 | 25 December 1991 | Independent |
Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Political party | Head of state | |||
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1 | Vyacheslav Frantsevich Kebich (1936–2020) | 19 September 1991 | 21 July 1994 | Independent | Stanislav Shushkevich Chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1994) | ||
2 | Mikhail Nikolayevich Chigir (1948–) | 21 July 1994 | 18 November 1996 | Alexander Lukashenko President (1994–) (Disputed since 23 September 2020) | |||
3 | Sergei Stepanovich Ling (1937–) | 18 November 1996 | 18 February 2000 | ||||
4 | Vladimir Vasilyevich Yermoshin (1942–) | 18 February 2000 | 1 October 2001 | ||||
5 | Gennady Vasilyevich Novitsky (1949–) | 1 October 2001 | 11 July 2004 | ||||
6 | Sergei Sergeevich Sidorsky (1954–) | 11 July 2004 | 28 December 2010 | ||||
7 | Mikhail Vladimirovich Myasnikovich (1950–) | 28 December 2010 | 27 December 2014 | ||||
8 | Andrei Vladimirovich Kobyakov (1960–) | 27 December 2014 | 18 August 2018 | ||||
9 | Sergei Nikolayevich Rumas (1969–) | 18 August 2018 | 3 June 2020 | ||||
10 | Roman Alexanderovich Golovchenko (1973–) | 4 June 2020 | Incumbent |
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