Mintimer Shaimiev

Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev
Mintimer Şərip uğlı Şəymiyev
Минтимер Шарипович Шаймиев
1st, 2nd, and 3rd President of Tatarstan
In office
June 12, 1991 – March 25, 2010
Prime Minister Mukhammat Sabirov
Farid Mukhametshin
Rustam Minnikhanov
Preceded by Office created
Succeeded by Rustam Minnikhanov
Acting Prime Minister of Tatarstan
In office
May 27, 1998 – July 10, 1998
Preceded by Farid Mukhametshin
Succeeded by Rustam Minnikhanov
Personal details
Born January 20, 1937
Anyakovo, Tatar ASSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian
Political party United Russia
Spouse(s) Sakina Shakirovna Shaimieva
Children 2
Religion Sunni Islam
With President Yeltsyn in 1994

Mintimer Şərip uğlı Şəymiyev[1] (Tatar Cyrillic: Минтимер Шәрип улы Шәймиев, Latin: Mintimer Şərip uğlı Şəymiyev [ˌmintiˈmɘr ʃæˌripuˈlɯ ʃæɪˈmiəf]; Russian: Минтиме́р Шари́пович Шайми́ев) (born January 20, 1937) was the first to hold title of President of Tatarstan, a republic within Russia. He is an ethnic Tatar. He became President on June 12, 1991, and was re-elected three times, on March 24, 1996, on March 25, 2001, and on March 25, 2005.

Shaimiev was born in the village of Anyakovo, in Aktanyshsky District of the Tatar ASSR. He graduated from the Kazan Agricultural Institute in 1959, and worked as an agricultural engineer. He joined the Communist Party in 1963. In 1967 he was an instructor and deputy head of the agricultural department at Tatarstan's regional party organization. In 1969 Shaimiev was appointed Minister for Amelioration and Water Economy of his republic and in 1983 he became the first deputy chair of the Tatar Council of Ministers. In September 1989 Shaimiev became first secretary of Tatarstan's Communist Party organization. In the same year he was elected to the USSR Congress of Peoples's Deputies. In April 1990 he was elected speaker of Tatarstan's Supreme Soviet. On August 31, 1990, the Supreme Soviet proclaimed the sovereignty of Tatarstan. On June 12, 1991, Shaimiev was elected President of the Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic and as President issued a declaration during the attempted coup of August 1991 in Moscow supporting the position of the Emergency Committee. In March 1992 he held a referendum on Tatarstan's sovereignty during which 62 percent of the voters cast their ballots in favor of sovereignty. In 2001, he and Moscow's Mayor Yuri Luzhkov founded the United Russia party.[2]

Saying that he wanted to make way for a new generation of leadership—in accordance with a call from President Dmitry Medvedev—Shaimiev told Medvedev in January 2010 that he did not want to be nominated for another term as President of Tatarstan. He said that Rustam Minnikhanov, the Prime Minister of Tatarstan, was his preferred successor.[3] Medvedev then nominated Minnikhanov to succeed Shaimiev on January 27, 2010.[4]

Honours and awards

References

  1. ↑ co-spelled Mintimer Sharipovich Shaymiyev, Shaymiev, Shaymiyev and Shaeymiev, also Sharip uly instead of Sharipovich
  2. ↑ United Russia: Nine years later, Oleg Artyukov, Pravda.Ru, 2 December 2001.Retrieved January 12, 2010.
  3. ↑ Alexandra Odynova and Alexander Bratersky, "Tatarstan President Quits As Kremlin Revamps Regions", The St. Petersburg Times, Issue #1542, January 26, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Medvedev nominates Minnikhanov as new president of Tatarstan", ITAR-TASS, January 27, 2010.

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Political offices
Preceded by
none		 President of Tatarstan
June 12, 1991 – March 25, 2010 		Succeeded by
Rustam Minnikhanov
Awards
Preceded by
Salih bin Abdulrahman Al-Husayyin		 Winner of King Faisal International Prize
2007 		Succeeded by
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Preceded by
Yusuf bin Jasim bin Muhammad Al-Hidji