of February 21, 1995 No. 3602-XII
About the President of the Republic of Belarus
This Law on basis and in pursuance of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus establishes legal status and powers of the President of the Republic of Belarus (further – the President), guarantees and procedure for their implementation, and also legal status and guarantees of the President who stopped execution of powers in connection with the expiration of his continuance in office or ahead of schedule in case of his resignation or resistant inability for health reasons to perform the President's obligations (further – the President who stopped execution of the powers).
Article 1. The president is the Head of state, the guarantor of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, rights and freedoms of man and citizen.
The president heads system of public service, personifies unity of the people, guarantees realization of the main directions of domestic and foreign policy, represents the Republic of Belarus in the relations with other states and the international organizations. The president takes measures for protection of sovereignty of the Republic of Belarus, its homeland security and territorial integrity, provides political and economic stability, succession and interaction of public authorities, performs mediation between public authorities.
Article 2. For realization of the powers the President is allocated with the rights and fulfills the high duties assigned to him before the people of the Republic of Belarus in the forms and limits determined by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus decisions made by republican referendum, decisions of Vsebelorussky people's assembly, this Law, other laws.
The president bears responsibility to the people of the Republic of Belarus for execution of the obligations.
Article 3. The president performs the activities for the purpose of development of the Republic of Belarus as unitary democratic social constitutional state, creation of conditions for free and worthy development of the personality, economic development of the state, growth in prosperity of the people of Belarus on the basis of the principles of equality of social, national and other communities before the law, protection of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the person, ensuring equality of everyone before the law.
Article 4. For the purpose of implementation of democracy in the Republic of Belarus on the basis of ideology of the Belarusian state, and also variety of political institutes and opinions, ensuring civil consent the President stops the membership in political parties for all term of office with announcement of the corresponding statement in mass media.
Article 5. The president the citizen of the Republic of Belarus on the birth can be elected, 40 years, having the voting rights, constantly living in the Republic of Belarus at least 20 years just before elections which do not have and not having before nationality of foreign state or the residence permit or other document of the foreign state granting the right to privileges and other benefits are not younger.
The president is elected directly by the people of the Republic of Belarus on the basis of general, free, equal and direct suffrage in case of the secret vote according to the procedure established by the Electoral code of the Republic of Belarus.
Article 6. The president cannot be the deputy of the House of Representatives of National assembly of the Republic of Belarus (further – the House of Representatives) and the member of council of the Republic of National assembly of the Republic of Belarus (further – Council of the Republic), to hold other positions if other is not provided by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, and also to earn in addition to the salary monetary rewards, except for award for works of science, literature and art.
The president is delegate of Vsebelorussky people's assembly.
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