VASILEVICH Grigory Alekseevich

Doctor of Law (1994), Professor (1998), honourable lawyer of the Republic of Belarus (1994). Grigory Vasilevich was born 1955 in Minsk. He began his professional career as a worker. Served in the Soviet Army. Graduated from the Belarusian State University, faculty of law, in 1980 and than continued his postgraduate studies. From 1980 to 1986, Vasilevich taught at the faculty of law of the Belarusian State University. After 1986, he worked in the Secretariat of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus: as the deputy chief of the law department and than, from 1989 to 1994, as the chief of the mentioned department. In April 1994, he was elected a Judge of the Constitutional Court, from January 1997 to 2008 - Chairman of the Constitutional Court.

By the presidential Decree dated January 11, 2008 № 18 he was relieved of the post of the Judge and the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus because of expiration of his term of office and retirement.

By the presidential Decree dated February 08, 2008 № 72 he was appointed Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus.

State counsellor of justice of the 1st class.

From the date of the election of the Constitutional committee (July 1990) to March 1994 he was a member, deputy administrator of the working group on preparation of the draft constitution. Has a higher qualifying class of Judge.

Author of 50 books, more than 20 are individual works. There are in co-authorship over 10 textbooks and training appliances. He wrote more than 600 articles, among them newspaper articles. The most important works are: The Parliament of the Republic of Belarus: (Constitutional and legal aspects). Minsk: Law and economics, 1995; Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. Scientific and practical comment. Мinsk: Belarus, 1996 (co-authorship); Public authorities of the Republic of Belarus: Constitutional and legal status. Training appliance for institutes of higher education. Мinsk: Law and economics, 1999, Constitution and some aspects of human rights and freedoms protection. Minsk: Znanie, 1999; Standard acts of the state bodies of the Republic of Belarus. Minsk: Law and economics, 1999; Legal grounds for relations between individuals, society and state. Minsk: Law and economics, 1999; Parties liabilities in labour contract for damnification. Мinsk: Belarus, 1989; Financial liability of workers for damage, caused to employers. Minsk: Amalfeya, 1994; Damage. Labour. Liability. Minsk: Vedy, 1997; Labour law. Textbook for institutes of higher education. Minsk: Amalfeya, 1997 (co-authorship); Institutes. Textbook for specialized secondary educational institutions. Minsk: Amalfeya, 1998 (co-authorship); Constitution. Human. State. In 5 books. Minsk: Law and economics, book 1 - 2000, book 2 - 2001, book 3 - 2002, book 4 - 2004, book 5 - 2006; Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. Scientific and practical comment. Мinsk: Law and economics, 2001; Comments to the Labour Code of the Republic of Belarus. Minsk: Amalfeya, 2000 (co-authorship); Referendums in the Republic of Belarus and its way to independence in the end of ХХ century. Minsk: Molodezhnoe nauchnoe obshchestvo, 2001; Comments to the Act „About standard legal acts of the Republic of Belarus”, Minsk: Interpresservis, 2003; Constitutional law of the Republic of Belarus. Minsk: Knizhny Dom; Interpresservis, 2003; Law handbook for deputies. Minsk: Dicta, 2004; Basic theory of the Byelorussian ideology. Minsk, 2004 (co-authorship); Constitutional law of the Republic of Belarus. Minsk: Knizhny Dom. 2005; Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. Scientific and practical comment. Minsk: GIUST BSU, 2005; Sources of Belarusian law: foundations, standard acts, customs, precedents, doctrine. Minsk: Tesey, 2005; Belarusian state - crossing the centuries. Minsk: Law and economics, 2006. Belarusian state - crossing the centuries. 2nd edition, Мinsk: Law and economics, 2007; Message of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus on state of constitutionality – a real contribution to the legal systems' development. Мinsk: Law and economics, 2007.

Grigory Vasilevich has his papers published in Russia, Lithuania, Armenia, Poland, Bulgaria, France, Turkey, Greece, in the Ukraine and Germany.
  

DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

February 08, 2008 № 72

On appointment of Grigory A. Vasilevich Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus

In concordance with the Article 84 Clause 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus Grigory Alekseevich Vasilevich is appointed Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus with the further consent of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus.

Grigory A. Vasilevich is given herewith the class rank of State counselor of justice of the 1st class.

President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko