Александр Терехов. Фото: "Минскстрой"
Aliaksandr Tsierakhau has been appointed deputy prime minister of Belarus. He will be responsible for construction, housing and utilities, and transport, according to the press service of Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
Tsierakhau served as housing and utilities minister from 2014 to 2020. Until now, he had been director general of Minskstroy.
Lukashenka said he had considered several candidates for the deputy prime minister post.
“I agreed to your candidacy only because you have tried many things in practice and, overall, it is quite a good enterprise”, he said.
In his new position, Tsierakhau will mainly deal with capital repairs, Lukashenka said.
“As for construction, I think you have no problems here. You have already mastered it properly. You also know housing and utilities. Everything is concentrated there, from complaints by our people to the same construction. Maybe not on such a scale from scratch – you will have to deal more with capital repairs and other things. I am sure you have also learned how to count money, because you cannot work as a manager without knowing how to count money”, he said.
Lukashenka instructed Tsierakhau to strengthen oversight over increasing housing construction volumes, improving quality, and creating and developing infrastructure.
“In the sphere of housing and utilities, these are, of course, issues of capital repairs and creating a favorable environment in courtyards, parks and squares. This is what people need and what the country lives by”, Tsierakhau said.
The new deputy prime minister also said he plans to develop agrotowns and satellite cities in terms of housing construction and transport links.
Asked about new approaches to work, Tsierakhau said adjustments were possible.
“Some adjustments can and should be made. But all of this should be aimed only at improvement”, he said.
Lukashenka also replaced the information and culture ministers, appointed new director generals of BelTA and Atlant, and named a new Belarusian ambassador to Mongolia.