Oleg Betin

Oleg Betin
Олег Бетин
Betin in 2016
2nd Head of Administration of Tambov Oblast
In office
24 December 1999 – 25 May 2015
Preceded byAleksandr Ryabov
Succeeded byAleksandr Nikitin
In office
24 March 1995 – 27 December 1995
Preceded byVladimir Babenko
Succeeded byAleksandr Ryabov
Personal details
Born
Oleg Ivanovich Betin

(1950-08-25)25 August 1950
Tambov, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died17 June 2023(2023-06-17) (aged 72)
Political partyUnited Russia

Oleg Ivanovich Betin (Russian: Олег Иванович Бетин; 25 August 1950 – 17 June 2023)[1][2] was a governor of Tambov Oblast in Russia. He was a member of Our Home – Russia party. In 1995 he became governor.[3] He was re-elected on 7 December 2003 with around 70% of the votes cast.[4] Under Betin, Tambov Oblast provided food shipments to war-torn Chechnya in 2000.[5]

Betin died from cancer on 17 June 2023, at the age of 72.[6]