Belarusian Central Council

Belarusian Central Council
Weißruthenischer Zentralrat; Беларуская цэнтральная рада
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Council overview
Formed	1 March 1943 ; 1944 (in exile)
Dissolved	2 July 1944 ; April 1995 (in exile)
Superseding agency	Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic;
Jurisdiction	Generalbezirk Weißruthenien (part of Reichskommissariat Ostland)
Headquarters	Minsk
Council executives	Hinrich Lohse, (Reichskommissar); Curt von Gottberg, (Generalkommissar); Radasłaŭ Astroŭski, (President);
Parent Council	Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories; Nazi Germany

The Belarusian Central Council (Belarusian: Беларуская цэнтральная рада, romanized: Biełaruskaja centralnaja rada; German: Weißruthenischer Zentralrat) was a puppet administrative body in German-occupied Belarus during World War II. It was established by Nazi Germany within Reichskommissariat Ostland in 1943–44, following requests by collaborationist Belarusian politicians hoping to create a Belarusian state with German support.

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