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Rustam Minnikhanov FACT SHEET FISU PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR RUSTAM MINNIKHANOV Rustam Minnikhanov was born on March 1st, 1957 in the Novyi Arysh village of the Rybno-Slobodsky District in the Tatar ASSR. Education He graduated from Kazan Agricultural Institute in 1978 as mechanical engineer and from Correspondence Institute of Soviet Trade (Moscow) as a commodity expert in 1986. He is a doctor of economic sciences. Career 1978-1980 - engineer in the Saby District Association of Selkhoztekhnika. 1980-1983 - senior engineer and chief power engineer in the Saby timber industry enterprise. 1983-1985 - deputy chairman of the District Consumer Society Board. 1985-1990 - chairman of the District Consumer Society Board in the Arsk District, 1990-1992 - chairman of the Arsk District Executive Committee, 1992-1993 - First Deputy Head of the Arsk District Administration. 1993-1996 - head of the Vysokaya Gora District. 1996-1998 - minister of finance of the Republic of Tatarstan. In 1998, Rustam Minnikhanov was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan. From March 25, 2010 – President of the Republic of Tatarstan. Member of the Presidium of the RF State Council since June 2010. The vice-chairman of the organizing committee for the preparation and holding the XXVII World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan State Awards Order of Friendship (Edict of the RF President of 22 July 2002 No 756); Order of Services to Motherland 4th class (2007); Order of Services to the Republic of Tatarstan (Edict of the RT President of 01 March 2007 No УП-120); Medal in memory of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg (2003); Medal in memory of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan (2005); Medal to mark the three billionth tonne of oil in Tatarstan (2007); Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (2008); Laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology (2009). Married, two sons. Keen on motor sport. Honoured Master of Sports. .
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