The nomination of candidates for the Council of the Republic has concluded in the Vitebsk region

August 30, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The nomination of candidates for the Council of the Republic has concluded in the Vitebsk region, BELTA was informed by the organizational and personnel management department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. Eight candidates were nominated at joint meetings of the presidiums of district and city councils of deputies and district and city executive committees: Director of the subsidiary republican unitary enterprise "Gosstroyexpertiza for the Vitebsk Region" Nikolai Konevalov, Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets, Chairman of the Novopolotsk City Executive Committee Natalia Kochanova, Director of the joint limited liability company "Marko" Nikolai Martynov, Chief Physician of the Orsha Central Polyclinic Vladimir Plytkevich, Rector of Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov Alexander Solodkov, Director of the open joint-stock company "Vitebsk Broiler Poultry Farm" Anna Shareiko, and General Director of the production republican unitary enterprise "Vitebskoblgaz" Petr Shershen. According to legislation, the Vitebsk region should be represented in the Council of the Republic by eight senators. Members of the upper house of parliament will be elected by secret ballot at a meeting of deputies of the basic level local councils of the region. Elections to the Council of the Republic are scheduled to take place from September 6 to September 25 inclusive. -0-