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House of Representatives Council of the Republic

House of Representatives

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.

Presidential-Parliamentary

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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral

Bicameral

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IPU membership Current membership status

Yes

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Parliamentary budget

Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget: Constitution; Standing Orders of Parliament; Other

Standing Orders of Parliament

Other

Notes

The Law of the Republic of Belarus “On the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus” (available only in Russian) (http://pravo.by/main.aspx?guid=3871&p0=h10800370&p2={NRPA}

Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget: Parliament; The Executive; Parliament and the Executive together; Other

Parliament and the Executive together

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Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget: Parliament decides the maximum amount of the budget; The amount of the budget is agreed between Parliament and the Executive; The Executive decides the maximum amount of the budget; Other

The amount of the budget is agreed between Parliament and the Executive

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Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget: Parliament decides how to allocate the budget; The Executive can request Parliament to modify the budget allocation; The Executive can require Parliament to modify the budget allocation; The Executive decides how to allocate the budget; Other

Parliament decides how to allocate the budget

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National currency

Belarusian rouble (BYN)

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PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor See: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.PPP

0.92

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Parliament’s budget, per year

19,463,895 (2020)

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Notes For some parliaments, data can not be presented on an annual basis, for example because parliamentary sessions run from April to March of the following year. In such cases, the period to which the data corresponds is specified here.

Note on the 2016 redenomination of the currency:
On 1 July 2016, Belarus introduced a new ruble (BYN) by redenominating the old ruble (BYR) at the conversion rate of BYR 10,000 = 1 BYN. 
Figures appearing prior to 2016 in New Parline have been converted into BYN at this rate for the sake of consistency. The PPP conversion factor from 2013 has also been updated.

Note sur la nouvelle dénomination de la monnaie (2016)
Le 1er juillet 2016, le Bélarus a introduit un nouveau rouble (BYN) en donnant une nouvelle dénomination à l’ancien rouble (BYR), avec un taux de conversion fixé à BYR 10 000 = 1 BYN. 
Par souci de cohérence, les montants d’avant 2016 indiqués dans New Parline ont été convertis à ce taux. Le facteur de conversion PPA de l’année 2013 a également été mis à jour.

Link to the parliamentary budget

https://pravo.by/main.aspx?guid=3871&p0=H11300095&p1=1&p5=0

Budget for the chamber

14,370,501 (2020)

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State budget, per year

27,350,513,330 (2021)

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Parliamentary staff

The parliamentary administration is independent from the government Members of the parliamentary administration may be fully independent from the government For example, certain countries have a ‘parliamentary civil service’ that is different from the general civil service, which works for the Executive.

Yes

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Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff Certain parliaments control the recruitment of parliamentary staff. Parliament decides - independently from the government- when to recruit staff, what procedures to use, who to recruit, etc.

Yes

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There is one or more gender equality policies that apply to the parliamentary administration Parliaments may have one or more official gender equality policies - or be subject to national policies, laws or guidelines - that address issues such as the recruitment and promotion of women staff, family-friendly work arrangements, and gender based-discrimination and harassment.

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