Valery Chaptynov

Valery Chaptynov
Head of the Altai Republic
In office
3 January 1991 – 30 January 1997
Preceded by Position created[1]
Succeeded by Vladilen Volkov
Prime Minister of the Altai Republic
In office
30 January 1997 – 10 August 1997
Preceded by Vladimir Petrov
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Gorno-Altai ASSR
In office
27 March 1990 – 3 July 1991

Valery I. Chaptynov (1945-1997) was a Russian politician. He was the first Head of the Altai Republic, the first Member of the Federation Council from the Altai Republic,[2] and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and First Secretary of the Gorno-Altai Communist Party for the duration of the short-lived Gorno-Altai Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.[3][4]

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