Government reshuffle

New appointments in the Presidential Administration, in the Ministries of Information and Agriculture. The head of state has appointed a new Deputy Head of Presidential Administration. It is former Minister of Information Igor Lutskiy. He will oversee the social sphere, information and ideology. He was replaced by Vladimir Pertsov, who previously held the position of director of the Belarusian office of the Mir Interstate TV and Radio Company. The President also has two new assistants, for the Minsk and Gomel regions. They will have to deal with economic and personnel issues in the regions. Aleksandr Lukashenko also approved a number of other candidates.