Oleg Ivanovich Betin (russian: Олег Иванович Бетин) (born August 25, 1950) is a
governor
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of
Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast (russian: Тамбо́вская о́бласть, ''Tambovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,091,994.
Geo ...
in
Russia
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. He was a member of
Our Home – Russia
Our Home – Russia (NDR; russian: Наш дом – Россия; НДР; ''Nash dom – Rossiya'', ''NDR'') was a Russian political party that existed from 1995 to the mid-2000s.
History
Our Home – Russia was founded in 1995 by then Russian P ...
party. In 1995 he became governor. He was re-elected on December 7, 2003 with around 70% of the votes cast. Under Betin, Tambov Oblast provided food shipments to war-torn
Chechnya
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in 2000.
Awards and honors
*
Order of Honour (2000)
*
Order For Merit to the Fatherland
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4th class (2004)
*
Order For Merit to the Fatherland
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3rd class (2010)
[Presidential Decree of January 25, 2010 № 101.]
References
1950 births
Living people
People from Tambov
Governors of Tambov Oblast
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
United Russia politicians
21st-century Russian politicians
Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
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