Rustam Minnikhanov
| Rustam Nurgaliyevich Minnikhanov Röstäm Nurğäli ulı Miñnexanov Рустам Нургалиевич Минниханов |
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| 2nd President of Tatarstan | |
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Assumed office March 25, 2010 |
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| Prime Minister |
Ildar Khalikov Aleksey Pesoshin (acting) |
| Preceded by | Mintimer Shaimiev |
| Prime Minister of Tatarstan | |
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In office July 10, 1998 – March 25, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Mintimer Shaimiev (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ildar Khalikov |
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March 1, 1957 Novyi Arysh, Tatar ASSR, RSFSR, USSR |
| Nationality | Russia |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Spouse(s) | Gulsina Minnikhanova |
| Children | 2 sons |
Rustam Nurgaliyevich Minnikhanov (Russian: Руста́м Нургали́евич Минниха́нов, Tatar: Cyrillic Рөстәм Нургали улы Миңнеханов, Latin Röstäm Nurğäli ulı Miñnexanov [rœsˈtæm ˌnurɣæˈli uˈlɯ miˌŋɘˈxʌnəf]; born 1 March 1957) is a prominent politician and the second and current President of Tatarstan, a federal subject of Russia.
Rustam Minnikhanov was born on March 1, 1957 in a Volga Tatar family in the Novy Arysh (lit."New Arysh. Russian-Новый Арыш,tatar-Яңа Арыш) village of Rybno-Slobodsky District in the Tatar ASSR.
He graduated from Kazan Agricultural Institute in 1978 as mechanical engineer and from Correspondence Institute of Soviet Trade as a commodity expert in 1986. He is a doctor of economic sciences.
Minnikhanov is married and fathered two sons. His son Irek Minnikhanov died in the Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crash on November 17, 2013.
After graduating from the institute in 1978, he began his career as an engineer in Sabinsky District Association of Selkhoztekhnika. He then worked in the district as a senior engineer and chief power engineer in a state timber industry enterprise and was deputy chairman of District Consumer Society Board.
In 1985–1993 he worked in Arsky District as chairman of the District Consumer Society Board, Chairman of the Executive Committee of People's Deputies District Council, First Deputy Head of District Administration.
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