Vladimir Terentyev has been elected Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies

Vladimir Terentyev, a deputy from the Novkinsky electoral district No. 6, has been elected Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies. This decision was made today at an extraordinary session of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies of the 27th convocation. 

The session considered the issue of electing the head of the region's deputy corps. In accordance with the legislation, the chairman is elected from among the deputies, and candidates for the position of head are also nominated by the deputies. The chairman is considered elected if more than half of the deputies voted "for". The 53 deputies present at the session unanimously supported the candidacy of Vladimir Terentyev, who until today held the post of Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee (he oversaw social sphere issues).

Vladimir Terentyev succeeded Alexander Atyasov, who passed away prematurely in the autumn of 2015 and had been elected Chairman of the Regional Council of Deputies for four convocations since 1999.

The session was also attended by Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee Nikolai Sherstnev, Assistant to the President - Chief Inspector for the Vitebsk Region Alexander Poznyak, heads of committees, departments, and administrations of the Regional Executive Committee, enterprises and organizations of the region, chairmen of district councils, and others.

Alena Tikhonova - BELTA.