A. Kosinets elected as a member of the Council of the Republic from the Vitebsk region

September 25, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets was elected a member of the Council of the Republic from the Vitebsk region today. The elections of members of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the fifth convocation have concluded in the region, BELTA correspondent reports. Senators were elected by secret ballot at a meeting of deputies of basic-level local councils. 694 deputies of local councils out of 838 elected participated in it. Along with the chairman of the regional executive committee, the right to represent the region in the upper house of parliament was entrusted to the director of the enterprise "State Construction Expertise for the Vitebsk Region" Nikolai Konevalov, the chairman of the Novopolotsk City Executive Committee Natalia Kochanova, a well-known businessman in Belarus, the owner of the enterprise "Marko" Nikolai Martynov, the chief physician of the Orsha Central Polyclinic Vladimir Plytkevich, the rector of Vitebsk State University Alexander Solodkov, the general director of the Vitebsk Broiler Poultry Farm Anna Shareiko, and the general director of "Vitebskoblgaz" Petr Shershnev. Of the eight members of the Council of the Republic elected by deputies, four were already senators. Nikolai Konevalov is a member of the Communist Party of Belarus. Documents on the election results will be sent by the presidium of the regional Council of Deputies to the Central Election Commission within two days after the meetings. The election results will be finalized no later than October 5 inclusive. By this time, the registration of elected members of the Council of the Republic will also take place. The Council of the Republic is formed by 64 people: eight from each region and Minsk, and another eight are appointed by the President. -0-