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Liliya Ananich appointed information minister

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has, by his presidential edict, appointed Liliya Ananich as information minister, according to the Belarusian leader’s press office.

Ms. Ananich succeeded Aleh Pralyaskowski, who was dismissed by Mr. Lukashenka from the position of information minister on June 4 for an unknown reason.

First Deputy Information Minister Liliya Ananich became acting information minister after Mr. Pralyaskowski’s dismissal.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka expressed hope that new Information Minister Liliya Ananich would be able to bring something new to the work of her ministry despite many years of service as deputy and first deputy minister.

“The most important thing is for the whole agency to be fine-tuned and running like clockwork,” Mr. Lukashenka said on Monday while announcing government appointments, according to BelTA.

“I very much hope that you know all drawbacks and will organize the ministry’s work in such a way that neither you nor the country will then be ashamed,” he said.

Mr. Lukashenka played up the difficulty and importance of the position of information minister, describing it as “not only a key but also a hot position.”

Ms. Ananich succeeded Aleh Pralyaskowski, who was dismissed by Mr. Lukashenka from the position of information minister on June 4 for an unknown reason.

First Deputy Information Minister Liliya Ananich became acting information minister after Mr. Pralyaskowski’s dismissal.

Ms. Ananich was born in a village in the Barysaw district, Minsk region, in 1960. After graduating from Belarusian State University`s journalism faculty, she worked as a photojournalist with a district-level newspaper before joining the Minsk-based Research Institute for Automatic Facilities in the capacity of editor.

Holding government posts since 1992, Ms. Ananich was appointed to the position of deputy information minister in November 2001 and was promoted to the job of first deputy minister two years later.