BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

21/04/2008

Belarusian President Appoints New Agriculture Minister

Alyaksandr Lukashenka on April 18 dismissed Agriculture Minister Leanid Rusak and appointed Syamyon Shapira to replace him, Belapan reported, citing the presidential press office. Lukashenka gave no reason for Rusak's dismissal, but Prime Minister Syarhey Sidorski, while introducing Shapira, criticized the performance of the Agriculture Ministry. Sidorski said that "unfortunately, the previous minister and his deputies paid little attention to the fulfillment of rural development programs." "There were discussions basically, but no real work was done to execute it," Sidorski added. Shapira previously served as director-general of a state-controlled poultry company in Minsk Oblast. Between 1999 and 2004, Shapira headed the economy department in the Agriculture Ministry. AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2008/04/3-cee/cee-210408.asp

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