Belarus

House of Representatives

Political system
Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Budget

Data on parliament’s budget role and activities

Parliamentary powers to amend the budget
Other

Notes: draft laws the adoption of which may reduce state resources, or increase expenditures are introduced in the house of representatives only with the consent of the president or to his assignment by the government. articles 97, 99 of the constitution, article 99 of the budget code.

Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis
Yes
Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit
No information available
Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year
18 Dec 2020
(2024)
Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year
18 Dec 2020
(2024)
Number of days between receiving the draft budget and its adoption in parliament, per year
0
(2024)
National currency
Click for historical data

Notes:

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 Parline have been converted into BYN at this rate for the sake of consistency. The PPP conversion factor from 2013 has also been updated.

PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
0.80
(2023)
State budget, per year
27,350,513,330 BYN
(2021)
State budget, per year in PPP
38,521,849,761
(2021)

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No