The Council of People's Commissars of Belarus was established part of the governing apparatus of the
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор ...
(BSSR).
It was formed by the
All-Byelorussian Congress of Soviets and functioned alongside the
Central Executive Committee.
Under the 1919 constitution the Council of People's Commissars belongs to the general management of the affairs of the BSSR.
The Council of People's Commissars was empowered to issue decrees, orders and instructions, and to generally take whatever measures necessary for the proper and prompt management of the state. However any decisions of great general political importance were to be submitted for ratification by the
Congress of Soviets
The Congress of Soviets was the supreme governing body of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and several other Soviet republics from 1917 to 1936 and a somewhat similar Congress of People's Deputies from 1989 to 1991. After the crea ...
, which could over-rule the decisions of the Council of People's Commissars.
People's Commissariats
According to the 1919 constitution, 15
People's Commissariat A People's Commissariat (russian: народный комиссариат; Narkomat) was a structure in the Soviet state (in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, in other union and autonomous republics, in the Soviet Union) from 1917– ...
s were established.
#Foreign Affairs
#Military Affairs,
#Internal Affairs
#Justice
#Labour
#Social Security
#Public Education
#Finance
#Council of the National Economy,
#Farming
#Public communication
#Health,
#Workers and Peasants Inspection,
#Food
#Emergency Commission of Belarus.
See also
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Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union
The Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union was the highest collegial body of executive and administrative authority of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1946.
As the government of the Soviet Union, the Council of People's Commissars of th ...
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Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Government of Belarus