Valery Chaptynov

{{Short description|Russian politician (1945–1997)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| native_name = {{nobold|Валерий Чаптынов}}

| native_name_lang = ru

| image = Valery Chaptynov.jpg

| order = Prime Minister of the Altai Republic

| term_start = 30 January 1997

| term_end = 10 August 1997

| predecessor = {{ill|Vladimir Petrov (politician)|lt=Vladimir Petrov|ru|АПетров, Владимир Иванович (политик)}}{{cite web|url=http://worldleadersindex.org/EuropeRegions/RussianRepublics.html|title=World Leaders Index|publisher=L. Mackenzie|accessdate=15 July 2011}}

| successor = Vladilen Volkov

| office2 = Head of the Altai Republic and Chairman of the State Assembly

| term_start2 = 1 March 1994

| term_end2 = 30 January 1997

| predecessor2 = Himself as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet

| successor2 = Vladilen Volkov

| order3 = Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Gorno-Altai ASSR

| term_start3 = 27 March 1990

| term_end3 = 1994

| successor3 = Himself as Chairman of the State Assembly

| birthname = Valery Ivanovich Chaptynov

| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|06|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Verkh-Apshuyakhta, Shebalinsky District, Oirot AO, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|08|10|1945|06|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

| awards = {{Order of Friendship}}{{Order of the Red Banner of Labour}}{{Order of the Badge of Honour}}

}}

Valery Ivanovich Chaptynov ({{langx|ru|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,{{cite web|url=http://www.eng.altai-republic.ru/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=22&page=1|title=Altai Republic :: official portal|accessdate=3 July 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/RussSFSR_admin.html|title=Russian S.F.S.R. Administrative Divisions|accessdate=28 June 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Russian_republics.htm#Altai|title=Russian Administrative Divisions|accessdate=15 July 2011}}{{commons category}}