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, Byelorussian SSR or Byelorussia; ; ), also known as Soviet Belarus or simply Belarus, was a Republics of the Soviet Union, republic of the Soviet Union (USSR). It existed between 1920 and 19 ...
(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 and national autonomies in the Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1936 and a somewhat simil ...
, 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 (; 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 1917–1946 which functioned as the central executive ...
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 ...
References
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Politics of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Government of Belarus
Council of People's Commissars
1920 establishments in Belarus