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The office of President of Belarus ((ベラルーシ語:Прэзідэнт Рэспублікі Беларусь), (ロシア語:Президент Республики Беларусь)) is the head of state of Belarus. The office was created in 1994 with the passing of the Constitution of Belarus by the Supreme Soviet. This replaced the office of Chairman of the Supreme Soviet as the head of state. The tasks of the president including executing foreign and domestic policy, defend the rights and general welfare of citizens and residents and to uphold the Constitution. The president is mandated by the Constitution to serve as a leader in the social affairs of the country and to act as its main representative abroad. The duties, responsibilities and other transitional clauses dealing with the presidency are listed in Chapter Three, Articles 79 through 89, of the Constitution. The term for the president is five years, but due to a 1996 referendum, the election that was supposed to occur in 1999 was pushed back to 2001. Under the 1994 constitution, the president could only serve for two terms as president, but due to a change in the constitution, term limits were eliminated. During the course of the office, three elections were held in 1994, 2001 and 2006. The last election was held on December 19, 2010. Alexander Lukashenko has been the only person who has served as president since the elections in 1994. The Presidential office is located in the Republic Palace in Minsk, while the presidential residence is located in Zaslawye (Заслаўе), Minsk District. ==Historical background== The Republic of Belarus was formed in 1991 shortly after declaring itself independent of the Soviet Union. Under the government of the Byelorussian SSR, the de facto leader of the Soviet Republic was the first secretaries of the Communist Party of Byelorussia, the only legal party in Soviet Belarus. From independence until passage of the Constitution in 1994, the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet was the head of state and the Prime Minister as the head of government. When the office of the presidency was created, the role of the prime minister was reduced to assisting the president and resulted in the dissolution of the Supreme Soviet, along with its Chairman, in 1996.〔Country Studies (Belarus - Prelude to Independence ). Library of Congress. Retrieved July 12, 2007.〕〔CNN . Published November 26, 1996. Retrieved June 7, 2007.〕 In the first set of elections for the office of president, the Prime Minister of Belarus, Vyachaslaw Kyebich, was defeated in a runoff vote by Alexander Lukashenko, resulting in Lukashenko becoming the first president.〔 In elections of 2001 and 2006, which were contested by international observers, Western powers and internal opposition parties due for failing to meet democratic and fair standards, the incumbent Lukashenko defeated the other candidates within the first ballot. , he is the only person to have served as President of Belarus.〔British Broadcasting Corporation News (Timeline of Belarus ). Published March 27, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「President of Belarus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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