{"id":587150,"date":"2026-10-09T10:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=587150"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:14:31","slug":"veranika-stankevich-appointed-united-transitional-cabinet-s-representative-for-social-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/veranika-stankevich-appointed-united-transitional-cabinet-s-representative-for-social-policy","title":{"rendered":"Veranika Stankevich Appointed United Transitional Cabinet\u2019s Representative for Social Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><b>Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya<\/b> has appointed <b>Veranika Stankevich<\/b> as representative for social policy of Belarus\u2019s United Transitional Cabinet. The decision was made on the recommendation of the Coordination Council in accordance with the established procedure, the Cabinet\u2019s press service <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/CabinetBelarus\/5532\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tsikhanouskaya noted that Stankevich\u2019s experience working with former political prisoners and her understanding of the needs of people who have experienced repression were important for the position.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cSocial policy is first and foremost about people, about supporting those who find themselves in difficult circumstances and need help\u201d<\/i>, Tsikhanouskaya said.<\/p>\n<p>She expressed confidence that Stankevich\u2019s experience would help strengthen the Cabinet\u2019s work in this area.<\/p>\n<p>The previous day, the Coordination Council held hearings with three candidates for the position. Following a ranked vote, the Council recommended appointing Stankevich. Her candidacy was put forward by the \u201cLatushka Coalition and For Freedom Movement\u201d faction.<\/p>\n<p>Stankevich coordinates the Volnyja initiative, which helps former political prisoners adapt to life after release and obtain social, legal and other necessary support.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, <b>Yuliya Mitskevich<\/b> had served as the Cabinet\u2019s representative for social policy. She took up the position after <b>Volha Zazulinskaya<\/b> was appointed head of the Mission of Belarusian Democratic Forces in Kyiv.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has appointed Veranika Stankevich as representative for social policy of Belarus\u2019s United Transitional Cabinet. The decision was made on the recommendation of the Coordination Council in accordance with the established procedure, the Cabinet\u2019s press service reported. Tsikhanouskaya noted that Stankevich\u2019s experience working with former political prisoners and her understanding of the needs of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":587151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ac8a26b21bd8.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Veranika Stankevich Appointed United Transitional Cabinet\u2019s Representative for Social Policy"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143090],"tags":[143172],"class_list":["post-587150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-politics","tag-svetlana-tihanovskaja"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":587152,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587150\/revisions\/587152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}