Tatarstan State Council backs Alexander Lapin for deputy prime minister post

The State Council of Tatarstan has backed the candidacy of Alexander Lapin, a Hero of Russia, for the post of deputy Prime Minister of the republic. The decision was taken at the 25th session of the Seventh convocation of the State Council.

Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin presented the nomination, noting that Lapin holds a higher military education and the rank of colonel general. Lapin graduated from the Kazan Tank Command School and two military academies, and rose from tank platoon commander to command the Central and later the Leningrad military districts.

Pesoshin said Lapin's experience will help address tasks set by Tatarstan's head Rustam Minnikhanov, including support for special military operation participants and cooperation with veterans' groups and federal authorities. As a native of Tatarstan, Lapin knows the republic well. Minnikhanov had earlier appointed him acting deputy Prime Minister by decree.