| Valery Chaptynov | |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Order: | Prime Minister of the Altai Republic |
| Term Start: | 30 January 1997 |
| Term End: | 10 August 1997 |
| Predecessor: | Vladimir Petrov[1] |
| Successor: | Vladilen Volkov |
| Office2: | Head of the Altai Republic and Chairman of the State Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 1 March 1994 |
| Term End2: | 30 January 1997 |
| Predecessor2: | Himself as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet |
| Successor2: | Vladilen Volkov |
| Order3: | Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Gorno-Altai ASSR |
| Term Start3: | 27 March 1990 |
| Term End3: | 1994 |
| Successor3: | Himself as Chairman of the State Assembly |
| Birthname: | Valery Ivanovich Chaptynov |
| Birth Date: | 11 June 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Verkh-Apshuyakhta, Shebalinsky District, Oirot AO, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
Valery Ivanovich Chaptynov (Russian: Валерий Иванович Чаптынов; 11 June 1945 – 10 August 1997) was a Russian politician. He was the first Head of the Altai Republic, the first Member of the Federation Council from the Altai Republic,[2] and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and First Secretary of the Gorno-Altai Communist Party for the duration of the short-lived Gorno-Altai Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.[3] [4]