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"Languages": {
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"text": "Russian (official) 70.2%, Belarusian (official) 23.4%, other 3.1% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities), unspecified 3.3% (2009 est.)"
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"printed major-language sample": {
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"major-language sample(s)": {
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"text": "<br>Книга фактов о мире – незаменимый источник базовой информации. (Russian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
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"Suffrage": {
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"text": "18 years of age; universal"
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},
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"Legislative branch": {
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"description": {
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"text": "bicameral National Assembly or Natsionalnoye Sobraniye consists of:<br>Council of the Republic or Sovet Respubliki (64 seats; 56 members indirectly elected by regional and Minsk city councils and 8 members appointed by the president; members serve 4-year terms)<br>House of Representatives or Palata Predstaviteley (110 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year terms)"
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},
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"elections": {
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"text": "<br>Council of the Republic - indirect election last held on 7 November 2019<br>House of Representatives - last held on 17 November 2019 (next to be held in 2023); OSCE observers determined that the election was neither free nor impartial and that vote counting was problematic in a number of polling stations; pro-LUKASHENKO candidates won every seat; international observers determined that the previous elections, on 28 September 2008, 23 September 2012, and 11 September 2016 also fell short of democratic standards, with pro-LUKASHENKO candidates winning every, or virtually every, seat"
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},
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"election results": {
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"text": "<br>Council of the Republic - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA<br>House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - KPB 11, Republican Party of Labor and Justice 6, Belarusian Patriotic Party 2, LDP 1, AP 1, independent 89; composition - men 66, women 44, percent of women 40%; note - total National Assembly percent of women - NA"
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},
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the US does not recognize the legitimacy of the National Assembly"
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},
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"Executive branch": {
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"chief of state": {
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"text": "President Aleksandr LUKASHENKO (since 20 July 1994)"
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"text": "Aleksandr LUKASHENKO reelected president; percent of vote - Aleksandr LUKASHENKO (independent) 80.2%, Sviatana TSIKHANOUSKAYA (independent) 9.9%, other 9.9%; note - widespread street protests erupted following announcement of the election results amid allegations of voter fraud"
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}
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},
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"Legislative branch": {
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"description": {
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"text": "bicameral National Assembly or Natsionalnoye Sobraniye consists of:<br>Council of the Republic or Sovet Respubliki (64 seats; 56 members indirectly elected by regional and Minsk city councils and 8 members appointed by the president; members serve 4-year terms)<br>House of Representatives or Palata Predstaviteley (110 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year terms)"
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},
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"elections": {
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"text": "<br>Council of the Republic - indirect election last held on 7 November 2019<br>House of Representatives - last held on 17 November 2019 (next to be held in 2023); OSCE observers determined that the election was neither free nor impartial and that vote counting was problematic in a number of polling stations; pro-LUKASHENKO candidates won every seat; international observers determined that the previous elections, on 28 September 2008, 23 September 2012, and 11 September 2016 also fell short of democratic standards, with pro-LUKASHENKO candidates winning every, or virtually every, seat"
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},
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"election results": {
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"text": "<br>Council of the Republic - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA<br>House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - KPB 11, Republican Party of Labor and Justice 6, Belarusian Patriotic Party 2, LDP 1, AP 1, independent 89; composition - men 66, women 44, percent of women 40%; note - total National Assembly percent of women - NA"
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},
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the US does not recognize the legitimacy of the National Assembly"
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},
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"Judicial branch": {
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"highest courts": {
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"text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chairman and deputy chairman and organized into several specialized panels, including economic and military; number of judges set by the president of the republic and the court chairman); Constitutional Court (consists of 12 judges, including a chairman and deputy chairman)"
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"text": "Ambassador (vacant; left in 2008 upon insistence of Belarusian Government); Charge d'Affaires Jeffrey GIAUQUE (since July 2020)"
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"telephone": {
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"text": "[375] (17) 210-1283/217-7347/217-7348"
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"text": "[375] (17) 210-12-83/217-7347/217-7348"
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"embassy": {
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"text": "46 Starovilenskaya Street, Minsk 220002"
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},
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"mailing address": {
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"text": "Unit 7010 Box 100, DPO AE 09769"
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"text": "7010 Minsk Place, Washington DC 20521-7010"
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"FAX": {
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"text": "[375] (17) 334-7853"
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"text": "[375] (17) 334-78-53"
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"email address": {
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"text": "ConsularMinsk@state.gov"
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}
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},
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"Flag description": {
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