| Rashid Nurgaliyev Рашид Нургалиев |
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| Nurgaliyev, 22 February 2011 | |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
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| Assumed office 31 December 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Mikhail Kasyanov Viktor Khristenko (Acting) Mikhail Fradkov Viktor Zubkov Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Boris Gryzlov |
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| Born | 10 August 1956 Zhetikara, Kazakh SSR (now Kazakhstan) |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Alma mater | Kuusinen State University |
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Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev (Russian: Рашид Гумарович Нургалиев) is a Russian general and politician of the Tatars descent. Since 2002, he has been the minister of the Internal Affairs of Russia.
Nurgalijew is married and has 2 children. He is a believing Moslem[1].
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He was born in Zhetikara, Kazakh SSR, on October 8, 1956. He graduated from Kuusinen State University in Petrozavodsk in 1979. He later received a doctoral degree in economics. His thesis was on the “economic aspects of the formation of business undertakings in modern Russia".
From 1981-1995 he worked in the KGB Directorate of Karelia and its successor, Security Ministry of Karelia, in 1992-1994 led by Nikolai Patrushev.
In 1995 he moved to Moscow and was appointed Chief Inspector of the Inspectorial Directorate of FSK (FSB) and Head of a section of FSB Internal Security Department led by Nikolai Patrushev.
He was head of the inspectorial office of the FSB.
In 2002 he became first deputy minister of the interior of Russia. In 2004 he became minister of the MVD. Currently holds the rank of Army General. He is married, and has two sons, Maxim, and Rashid.
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| Preceded by Boris Gryzlov |
Minister of Internal Affairs 2003–present |
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