Alexander Tsapin

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Tsapin (; born 29 May 1949) is a Russian statesman, who served as the governor of Voronezh Oblast in 1996.

Biography

Aleksandr Tsapin was born on 29 May 1949. On 8 December 1996, after losing the election to Ivan Shabanov, he again headed the Voronezh Municipal Council, as a member of the Federation Council through 8 October to 25 December 1996.

In 1997, Tsapin was elected mayor of Voronezh.

From 2001 to April 2009, Tsapin was Deputy Governor of the Voronezh Oblast, which he had overseen the issues of energy, gas supply, construction, architecture, housing and communal services, road facilities.

He is also a member of the Council of Heads of Local Self-Government Bodies under the Russian government, a member of the Board of the Union of Russian Cities, Vice President of the Association of Cities in the South of Russia, a member of the Presidium of the Congress of Municipal Formations of the Russia.