Leonid Vasilyevich Potapov (Russian: Леони́д Васи́льевич Пота́пов; 4 July 1935 – 12 November 2020) was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Buryatia from August 1991 to 1994, and then President of the Buryat Republic in Russia[1] from July 1994 to July 2007. He was reelected three times (in 1994, 1998 and 2002); in 2002 he received 68% of the vote.

Leonid Potapov
Леонид Потапов
Potapov in 2004
1st President of Buryatia
In office
1 July 1994 – 10 July 2007
Succeeded byVyacheslav Nagovitsyn
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Buryatia
In office
21 October 1991 – 1 July 1994
Preceded bySergey Buldayev
Succeeded byMikhail Semyonov (as Chairman of the People's Khural)
Personal details
Born(1935-07-04)4 July 1935
Uakit, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died12 November 2020(2020-11-12) (aged 85)
Ulan-Ude, Russia
Political partyCommunist Party
SpouseNina Potapova
AwardsOrder of the October RevolutionOrder of the Red Banner of LabourOrder of the Badge of Honour

Biography

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Potapov was born in Uakit, Buryatia. In 1959 he graduated as an Engineer from Khabarovsk Institute of Railway Transport. From January to April 1990 he was nominal Vice President (Vice Chairman of Supreme Council) of Turkmen SSR. In April 1990 he returned to Buryatia and was nominated as a local communist party chief (1st secretary of CPSU Buryatian branch). In October 1991 he became Chairman of the Supreme Council.

He died from COVID-19 on 12 November 2020, aged 85.[2]

Honours and awards

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References

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  1. ^ A New And 'alternative' Market
  2. ^ "Скончался первый президент Бурятии Леонид Потапов". Arigus (in Russian). Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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