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Valery Chaptynov
Валерий Чаптынов
Prime Minister of the Altai Republic
In office 30 January 1997 – 10 August 1997
Preceded by	Vladimir Petrov
Succeeded by	Vladilen Volkov
Head of the Altai Republic and Chairman of the State Assembly
In office 1 March 1994 – 30 January 1997
Preceded by	Himself as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
Succeeded by	Vladilen Volkov
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Gorno-Altai ASSR
In office 27 March 1990 – 1994
Succeeded by	Himself as Chairman of the State Assembly
Personal details
Born	Valery Ivanovich Chaptynov (1945-06-11)11 June 1945 Verkh-Apshuyakhta, Shebalinsky District, Oirot AO, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	10 August 1997(1997-08-10) (aged 52) Moscow, Russia
Awards

Valery Ivanovich Chaptynov (Russian: Валерий Иванович Чаптынов; 11 June 1945 – 10 August 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, 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.