The Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus, sometimes translated as Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Вярхоўны Савет Рэспублікі Беларусь), was the
unicameral
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legislature
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of
Belarus
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between 1991 and 1996.
It was essentially a continuation of the
Supreme Soviet
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of the
Byelorussian SSR
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of 1938–1991 immediately after the
Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, which in its turn was the successor of both the
All-Byelorussian Congress of Soviets (1919–1937) and its
Central Executive Committee (1920–1938), and all of which had been the highest organs of state power in
Belarus
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during 1920–1990.
"Высшие органы государственной власти Белорусской ССР"
During 1990–1996 it functioned as a permanent parliament
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.
From 1991 to 1994, the chairman was both the ''de jure'' and ''de facto'' head of state of Belarus, and the post was considered equivalent to that of president
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.
Since 1994 the head of state has been the President of Belarus
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, with the executive power being the Council of Ministers of Belarus
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. Since 1996, the National Assembly of Belarus
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has been the bicameral
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legislature of Belarus and the President gained executive power as well as being the ''de facto'' head of government.
Chairmen of the Supreme Council
Convocations
* 12th Belarusian Supreme Council
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References
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Government of Belarus
Supreme Council of Belarus
1991 establishments in Belarus
1996 disestablishments in Belarus
Unicameral legislatures