Armed Forces of Belarus

Armed Forces of Belarus
Symbol of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus
Current form	1992
Service branches	Army Belarusian Air Force
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	President Alexander Lukashenko
Minister of Defence	LtGen Yurij Zhadobin
Personnel
Active personnel	48 000 (and 12 000 civilian in 2012)[1][2]
Reserve personnel	289,500[2]
Deployed personnel	4,560 (Around the borders)[3]
Expenditure
Percent of GDP	1.4% (FY2010 est.)
Industry
Foreign suppliers	Russia  China  Iran

The Armed Forces of Belarus are the Ground Forces and the Belarusian Air Force. All are under the command of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus. Lieutenant general Yurij Viktorovich Zhadobin is the Minister of Defense since December 4, 2009.^[5] Being a landlocked country, Belarus has no navy.

The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus is the government group that has the duties of raising and maintaining the Armed Forces of Belarus. The formation of the ministry began in 1992. This was a year after the end of the Soviet Union and Belarus becoming an independent state.

References

1. "В белорусской армии служит 62 тысячи человек | Армия Беларуси". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
2. Armed forces - Belarus
3. Ground Forces - Belarus
4. "CIA - The World Factbook". Archived from the original on 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
5. "Министерство обороны РБ - Руководящий состав". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2012-06-04.

• Belarusian Army: Capacity And Its Role In The Region Archived 2014-08-22 at the Wayback Machine