Lukashenko to introduce new governor to Vitebsk Oblast senior officials

On 15 December, Aleksandr Subbotin was approved Vitebsk Oblast governor at the session of the Vitebsk Oblast Council of Deputies on 15 December.

On 13 December, the head of state appointed Aleksandr Subbotin Vitebsk Oblast Governor. Before, Aleksandr Subbotin was vice premier. “Vitebsk Oblast is your native land, and I feel that you love this region. Just like we all love the places where we worked for a long time and grew up,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said appointing the new governor. 

The president recalled that Aleksandr Subbotin took an active part in working out new approaches to the development of Vitebsk Oblast, especially in agriculture, formation of integration structures on the basis of farms.

“When you were the vice premier we agreed to pay attention to the state of affairs in Vitebsk Oblast. We can no longer stay calm and watch how certain things are addressed there. They are addressed not in a way we were thinking,” the head of state stressed. “We agreed to look at some production associations – these integration structures – and make corresponding conclusions.”

According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, the new governor should also focus on the issues he was in charge of. One of them is the development of Orsha Meat Packing Plant. Aleksandr Subbotin supervised the issue as vice premier. The president also mentioned Miory Metal Rolling Mill. In his words, he plans to visit this enterprise and get familiar with its operation.