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) was a governor of Tambov Oblast in Russia. He was a member of Our Home – Russia party. In 1995 he became governor. He was re-elected on 7 December 2003 with around 70% of the votes cast. Under Betin, Tambov Oblast provided food shipments to war-torn Chechnya in 2000.

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