Syarhey Rumas
{{family name hatnote|Nikolayevich|Rumas|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{short description|9th Prime Minister of Belarus 2018-2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sergei Rumas
| image = Syarhey Rumas (2018-09-21).jpg
| native_name = {{nobold | {{Ubl
| {{native name|ru|Сергей Румас|italics=no|paren=omit}}
| {{native name|be|Сяргей Румас|italics=no|paren=omit}}
}}}}
| native_name_lang = be
| office = 9th Prime Minister of Belarus
| term_start = 18 August 2018
| term_end = 3 June 2020
| president = Alexander Lukashenko
| predecessor = Andrei Kobyakov
| successor = Roman Golovchenko
| birth_name = Syarhey Mikalayevich Rumas
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|01}}
| birth_place = Gomel, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
| children = 4
| alma_mater = Military Finance and Economics Institute
Academy of Public Administration
| caption = Rumas in 2018
| awards = Order of Friendship
Order of Kurmet
}}
Sergei Nikolayevich Rumas{{efn|{{langx|be|Сяргей Мікалаевіч Румас|Siarhiej Mikałajevič Rumas}}, {{langx|ru|Сергей Николаевич Румас|translit=Sergej Nikolajevič Rumas}}}} (born 1 December 1969) is a Belarusian politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of Belarus from August 2018 to June 2020.{{cite news|url=https://www.intex-press.by/2018/08/18/kto-takoj-sergej-rumas-kotorogo-lukashenko-nazanachil-18-avgusta-premer-ministrom/|title=Кто такой Сергей Румас, которого Лукашенко назначил 18 августа премьер-министром|date=18 August 2018|publisher=Intex-Press|language=Russian|accessdate=18 August 2018}}
Biography
Rumas was born in Gomel, but in early 1970s his family moved to Minsk. He graduated from the Higher Military Financial School in Yaroslavl (1990) and the Academy of Public Administration in Minsk (1995).{{Cite web|url=https://gazetaby.com/post/kto-vy-gospodin-rumas/42167/|title=Кто вы, господин Румас? - Салiдарнасць|website=Салідарнасць|accessdate=Dec 9, 2020}} In the early 1990s, Rumas successively served in the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus as a chief of several departments and in private banks. In 1995, he became a regional director of Belarusbank and later became the first deputy chairman of the board of this bank.{{Cite web|url=https://news.tut.by/tag/ex6503-sergey-rumas.html|title=Сергей Румас последние новости о персоне на сегодня | НОВОСТИ | TUT.BY|website=news.tut.by|accessdate=Dec 9, 2020}} In 2001, Rumas was awarded a Candidate of Sciences degree in economics, his thesis was entitled "Ways of optimization of resource structure of commercial bank".{{Cite web|url=https://e-catalog.nlb.by/Record/BY-NLB-br338244|title=Пути оптимизации структуры ресурсов коммерческого банка: Автореф. дис. на соиск. учен. степ. канд. экон. наук: 08.00.10 / Румас Сергей Николаевич. - Мн., 2001. - 20 с.|first=С. Н. (род 1969)|last=Румас|date=Dec 9, 2001|website=e-catalog.nlb.by|accessdate=Dec 9, 2020}} In 2005, he headed Belagroprombank, another big state-owned bank in Belarus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/26870.7/3912779/|title=Кто такой Сергей Румас? Банкир, либерал, футбольный болельщик, охотник, многодетный отец|first=Ирина КОЗЛИК | Сайт «Комсомольской|last=правды»|date=Aug 18, 2018|website=kp.by - Сайт «Комсомольской правды»|access-date=Dec 9, 2020}}
In 2010, he was made a vice-premier in the new government led by his old acquaintance Mikhail Myasnikovich. During the financial crisis of 2011, Rumas supervised the creation of a program of structural reforms, which was criticized by the president Alexander Lukashenko and his adviser Sergey Tkachyov. Rumas advocated privatization, foreign investments, and abolition of preferential loans for state-owned companies{{Cite web|url=https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=77653&lang=ru|title=Сергей Румас больше не вице-премьер Беларуси|website=Наша Ніва|accessdate=Dec 9, 2020}}{{Cite news|title=Кто придет на место Румаса?|first=Дмитрий|last=ЗАЯЦ|date=Aug 1, 2012|website=naviny.by}} In 2012, Alexander Lukashenko appointed him a head of Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus.
Rumas was appointed prime minister by Alexander Lukashenko on August 18, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://news.tut.by/economics/604944.html|title=Президент сменил правительство. Новым премьер-министром назначен Сергей Румас|date=Aug 18, 2018|website=TUT.BY|accessdate=Dec 9, 2020}} The decree had a clause on the subsequent approval of Rumas's appointment in the House of Representatives, but the Constitution prescribes an opposite procedure. According to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, his predecessor Andrey Kobyakov was appointed in the same way.{{Cite web|url=https://www.svaboda.org/a/29441670.html|title=Прэм'ера Румаса прызначылі, не спытаўшы згоды дэпутатаў. Гэта законна?|website=Радыё Свабода|accessdate=Dec 9, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=214605|title=Прэм'ера Румаса прызначылі, не спытаўшы згоды дэпутатаў. Гэта законна?|website=Наша Ніва|accessdate=Dec 9, 2020}}[http://law.by/document/?guid=3871&p0=V19402875e CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS OF 1994 (with changes and additions adopted at the republican referenda of November 24, 1996* and of October 17, 2004)]: Article 106 "...The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President of the Republic of Belarus with the consent of the House of Representatives. The decision on this issue shall be taken by the House of Representatives within two weeks from the day of submitting a proposal on the candidacy of Prime Minister"
Rumas also heads the Football Federation of Belarus and the Organising Committee of the 2019 European Games in Minsk.{{cite web |title=Minsk European Games stay on budget |url=https://eng.belta.by/sport/view/minsk-european-games-stay-on-budget-120294-2019/ |website=Belarus News |accessdate=12 May 2019 |date=15 April 2019}}
On 3 June 2020, President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed the Rumas government.{{cite web |title=Лукашенко отправил в отставку правительство Белоруссии |url=https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/8641187 |website=ТАСС |accessdate=4 June 2020 |date=3 June 2020}}
On 16 August 2020, an Instagram account belonging to Rumas issued a message of support to anti-Lukashenko protesters and asked for those responsible for abuse against protesters to be held to account.{{Cite web|url=https://meduza.io/news/2020/08/16/byvshiy-premier-belarusi-sergey-rumas-podderzhal-protestuyuschih|title = В инстаграме от имени бывшего белорусского премьера поддержали протестующих}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/|title=Login • Instagram|website=www.instagram.com|accessdate=Dec 9, 2020}} Rumas's wife also published a photograph of herself and Rumas on the roof of a building overlooking the protests, together with a message of support.{{Cite web|url=https://t.me/nashaniva/10659|title=Наша Нiва|website=Telegram|accessdate=Dec 9, 2020}}
In February 2023, Rumas was blacklisted by Ukraine.[https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/sanction-person/1407/ RUMAS Sergei Nikolaevich]
Personal life
He is married with four sons. He and his wife have known each other since childhood.{{Cite web |url=https://news.tut.by/economics/584080.html |title=Не тунеядки и не домохозяйки. Где трудятся жены крупных чиновников |access-date=2018-08-18 |archive-date=2018-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818150618/https://news.tut.by/economics/584080.html}} He is fond of hunting, fishing, and football.[https://nashaniva.by/?c=ar&i=149768&lang=ru Сергей Румас: В Африке поохотился на антилоп, стреляю гусей]
Awards
- Order of Friendship (19 December 2014, Russia)[http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201412190032?index=1&rangeSize=1 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19 декабря 2014 года № 789 «О награждении орденом Дружбы иностранных граждан»]
- Order of Kurmet (8 September 2015, Kazakhstan)[https://www.belta.by/photonews/view/rumas-nagrazhden-ordenom-kurmet-850 Румас награждён орденом «Курмет»]
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