On December 29, Minsk /BelTA/. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko considered personnel appointments on December 29. BelTA was informed about this by the press service of the Belarusian leader. The Head of State appointed: Dvornik Vladimir Andreevich as Chairman of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee; Rusetsky Anatoly Maksimovich as Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus; Zinovich Vladimir Ivanovich as Chairman of the National Statistical Committee; Amelyanovich Mikhail Mikhailovich as Minister of Forestry; Vashchenko Vladimir Alexandrovich as Minister of Emergency Situations; Zhadobin Yuri Viktorovich as Minister of Defence; Zharko Vasily Ivanovich as Minister of Health; Kachan Oleg Leonidovich as Minister of Sport and Tourism; Kuleshov Anatoly Nilovich as Minister of Internal Affairs; Latushko Pavel Pavlovich as Minister of Culture; Martynov Sergey Nikolaevich as Minister of Foreign Affairs; Maskevich Sergey Alexandrovich as Minister of Education; Nichkasov Anatoly Ivanovich as Minister of Architecture and Construction; Ozerets Alexander Vladimirovich as Minister of Energy; Proleskovsky Oleg Vitoldovich as Minister of Information; Rusy Mikhail Ivanovich as Minister of Agriculture and Food; Snopkov Nikolay Gennadievich as Minister of Economy; Kharkovets Andrey Mikhailovich as Minister of Finance; Tsalko Vladimir Grigorievich as Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection; Shcherbo Ivan Ivanovich as Minister of Transport and Communications; Shchetkina Marianna Akinidinovna as Minister of Labour and Social Protection; Voitov Igor Vitalievich as Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technologies; Gurulev Sergey Petrovich as Chairman of the State Military Industrial Committee; Zaitsev Vadim Yurievich as Chairman of the Committee for State Security; Koreshkov Valery Nikolaevich as Chairman of the State Committee for Standardization; Kuznetsov Georgy Ivanovich as Chairman of the State Property Committee; Rachkovsky Igor Anatolievich as Chairman of the State Border Committee; Shpilevsky Alexander Frantsevich as Chairman of the State Customs Committee; Martynetsky Konstantin Alekseevich as Head of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus Administration; Gulyako Leonid Pavlovich as Plenipotentiary Representative for Religious and National Affairs. The President also gave his consent to the appointment of: