Moshe Gutman (sometimes spelled Guttmann; be, Мойша Гутман) was a
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
politician and Jewish activist who was a member minister without portfolio in the short-lived independent
Belarusian Democratic Republic
The Belarusian People's Republic (BNR; be, Беларуская Народная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Narodnaja Respublika, ), or Belarusian Democratic Republic, was a state proclaimed by the Council of the Belarusian Democratic R ...
(1918–1919).
In 1917 he was elected a member of the
Ukrainian Central Rada
The Central Council of Ukraine ( uk, Українська Центральна Рада, ) (also called the Tsentralna Rada or the Central Rada) was the All-Ukrainian council (soviet) that united deputies of soldiers, workers, and peasants deputie ...
. At the end of 1917 he was elected Member of the Executive Committee of the Belarusian National Council (temporary quasi-government of
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
) as a representative of the Jewish minority.
Following the announcement of Belarus's independence in March 1918, he represented the Jewish minority in the Belarusian government. He also drafted the first constitution of the Belarusian People's Republic.
Government ministers of Belarus
Belarusian politicians
Belarusian Jews
Members of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
Members of the Central Council of Ukraine
General Jewish Labour Bund politicians
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
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