On January 25, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The laureates of the honorary title "Person of the Year of the Vitebsk Region" will be honored on January 27, as reported to BELTA correspondent by the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. The solemn event will be held in the "Vitebsk" concert hall of the regional center. Its main participants will be 100 residents of the region awarded the honorary title, representing various sectors of the national economy: industry, healthcare, agro-industrial complex, education, housing and communal services, service sectors, culture, law enforcement agencies, small and medium-sized businesses, energy, etc. The Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets, will congratulate the laureates on being awarded the honorary title. Among the awardees are people whose labor merits have earned deep respect not only within their teams but also far beyond the region. These include the director of OJSC "Technolit-Polotsk" Leonid Petrov, the head of the Tolochin Canning Plant Anatoly Anyukhovsky, the artistic director of the Belarusian Puppet Theater "Lyalka" Viktor Klimchuk, the senior assistant prosecutor of the Vitebsk Region for supervision of environmental legislation compliance Valentina Khodosevich, the head of the Vitebsk Regional Department of the Social Protection Fund of the Population Nikolay Belov, the chief physician of the Vitebsk Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health Vladimir Sinkevich, the first deputy chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Vladimir Novatsky, the chairman of the commission for perpetuating the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and victims of wars of the Vitebsk Regional Council of the public association of veterans Larisa Brueva. The awarding of the honorary title "Person of the Year of the Vitebsk Region" has been held in the region since 2009 with the aim of encouraging merits in promoting and implementing the social and economic policy of the state and local government bodies, implementing measures to ensure legality and law and order, for achievements in science, education and culture, and active public activities. The best people of the region receive laureate diplomas, honorary badges, and a substantial cash prize. In addition, billboards with their photographs will adorn the settlements of the region throughout the year. -0-

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