Council of Heads of State of the CIS
Совет глав государств СНГ
Agency overview
Formed26 December 1991
Preceding agency
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Independent States

The Council of Heads of State of the CIS (Russian: Совет глав государств СНГ), abbreviated in the Russian language as the SGG (СГГ), is a working body in the Commonwealth of Independent States. It serves as the supreme body of the CIS, and includes all the chief of state of CIS member states.[1] Regular meetings of the council are held annually. It was created following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, directly replacing the State Council of the Soviet Union. As of 2020 there are 9 members of the CIS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan is an associate state of the CIS.

Activities

The 2008 CIS heads of state summit family photo at Konstantin Palace in Strelna.

The activities of the Council of Heads of State are governed by the agreement on the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States of 8 December 1991 and the CIS Charter of 22 January 1993.[2] At its meetings, the Council of Heads of State make decisions concerning amendments to the CIS Charter, the creation or abolition of bodies of the CIS, and optimizing the structure of the CIS, among others. Decisions of the Council of Heads of State are taken by consensus, with any member state having the ability to declare its disinterest in a particular issue.[2]

Current members

Country[3] Leader Term Start Picture Country Leader Term Start Picture
 Armenia Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan 8 May 2018  Moldova President Maia Sandu 24 December 2020
 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev 31 October 2003  Russia President Vladimir Putin 7 May 2012
 Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko 20 July 1994  Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon 20 November 1992
 Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev 20 March 2019  Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedow 19 March 2022
 Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov 28 January 2021  Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev 14 December 2016

Chairmen

The chairmanship of the council rotates every year to the leader of a member state. The chairman's host country gets to host the annual summit in their country (most likely their capital city). The chairmanship exists in accordance with regulations approved by the council in Dushanbe in October 2008.[2] The following is a table of chairmen of the council.

Country Chairman Term Picture
 Russia President Boris Yeltsin[4][5][6][7][8] 1 January 1994 – 31 December 1999
 Russia President Vladimir Putin[9][10] 25 January 2000 – 29 January 2003
 Ukraine President Leonid Kuchma[11] 29 January 2003 – 16 September 2004
 Russia President Vladimir Putin 16 September 2004 – 20 May 2006
 Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev[12] 20 May 2006 – 5 October 2007
 Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev 5 October 2007 – 31 December 2008
 Moldova President Vladimir Voronin 1 January – 11 September 2009
 Moldova Acting President Mihai Ghimpu 11 September – 31 December 2009
 Russia President Dmitry Medvedev 1 January – 31 December 2010
 Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon 1 January – 31 December 2011
 Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow 1 January – 31 December 2012
 Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko[13] 1 January – 31 December 2013
 Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych[14][15] 1 January – 4 April 2014
 Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko 4 April – 31 December 2014
 Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev 1 January – 31 December 2015
 Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev 1 January – 31 December 2016
 Russia President Vladimir Putin 1 January – 31 December 2017
 Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon[16] 1 January – 31 December 2018
 Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow[17] 1 January – 31 December 2019
 Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev[18] 1 January – 31 December 2020
 Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko[19] 1 January – 31 December 2021
 Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev 1 January – 31 December 2022
 Kyrgyzstan Incumbent
President Sadyr Japarov 		1 January – 31 December 2023
Boris Yeltsin, Leonid Kravchuk, and Stanislav Shushkevich signed the ceremony at the Viskuli Government House after the inaugural summit.

Sessions

Early years

The first meeting was held in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, where the Belovezha Accords were signed at Viskuli Government House.[20] In the Kazakh capital of Alma Ata on 21 December, the Alma-Ata Protocol was signed,[21] in which a provisional agreement on the membership and conduct of Councils of Heads of State and Government was concluded, as well as an agreement on Strategic Forces, Armed Forces and Border Troops. Many military documents were signed at a supplementary summit on 30 December in Minsk.[22][23]

Later summits

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Содружество Независимых Государств". www.ved.gov.ru. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  2. ^ a b c "Совет глав государств Содружества Независимых Государств - Исполнительный комитет СНГ". cis.minsk.by. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  3. ^ "Состав Совета глав государств СНГ". e-cis.info. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  4. ^ Решение о председательствовании в уставных органах Содружества Независимых Государств от 24 декабря 1993
  5. ^ Решение о председательствовании в уставных органах Содружества Независимых Государств от 15 апреля 1994
  6. ^ Решение о председательствовании в уставных органах Содружества Независимых Государств от 19 января 1996
  7. ^ Решение о председательствовании в уставных органах Содружества Независимых Государств от 28 марта 1997
  8. ^ Решение о председательствовании в уставных органах Содружества Независимых Государств от 29 апреля 1998
  9. ^ Решение о председательствовании в уставных органах Содружества Независимых Государств от 25 января 2000
  10. ^ Решение о председательствовании в уставных органах Содружества Независимых Государств от 1 июня 2001
  11. ^ Решение о председательствовании в уставных органах Содружества Независимых Государств от 29 января 2003
  12. ^ Решение о председательствовании в уставных органах Содружества Независимых Государств от 20 мая 2006
  13. ^ Решение о председательстве в Содружестве Независимых Государств от 5 декабря 2012
  14. ^ Решение о председательстве в Содружестве Независимых Государств от 25 октября 2013
  15. ^ В марте 2014 председатель Верховной рады Украины Александр Турчинов объявил об отказе Украины от председательства в Совете глав государств.
  16. ^ Решение о председательстве в Содружестве Независимых Государств от 11 октября 2017
  17. ^ Туркменистан примет председательство в СНГ в 2019 году
  18. ^ В 2020 году в СНГ будет председательствовать Узбекистан
  19. ^ "Lukashenko outlines priorities of Belarus' Presidency in CIS in 2021". 18 December 2020.
  20. ^ Agreement on the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States (1991)
  21. ^ Alma- Ata Declaration
  22. ^ Interim Agreement on the Council of Heads of State and the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States
  23. ^ The Alma-Ata Protocols (Russian language)
  24. ^ Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS member states dated October 10, 2008
  25. ^ Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS member states dated December 10, 2010
  26. ^ Informal meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS member states dated December 20, 2011
  27. ^ Informal meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS member states dated May 15, 2012
  28. ^ Meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State from 5 December 2012
  29. ^ Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS member states dated October 25, 2013
  30. ^ Meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State dated October 10, 2014
  31. ^ Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS member states dated October 16, 2015
  32. ^ Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS Member States dated September 16, 2016
  33. ^ Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS member states dated October 11, 2017
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