Murtaza Rakhimov
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Murtaza Gubaydullovich Rakhimov is a Russian politician of Bashkir ethnicity, who served as the first President of the Republic of Bashkortostan
Bashkortostan
The Republic of Bashkortostan , also known as Bashkiria is a federal subject of Russia . It is located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains. Its capital is the city of Ufa...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

.

Biography

He was born on February 7, 1934 in the village of Tavakanovo of Kugarchinsky District
Kugarchinsky District
Kugarchinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the southwestern part of the republic and borders with Meleuzovsky District in the north, Burzyansky District in the northeast, Zilairsky District in...

 of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
The Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the former Soviet Union. Currently it is known as Bashkortostan....

. After graduating from the Ufa Oil Technical School began working at the Ufa refinery named XXII Congress of the CPSU. In 1964, Rakhimov on the job he graduated from Ufa Oil Institute, later went to work at the plant, and in 1986 was appointed director of the company. In 1989, Rakhimov was elected deputy of the USSR, and in the same year, he was appointed chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Bashkortostan. In November 1993, Rakhimov has been nominated as a candidate for deputy of the Federation Council, and in December the same year, Rakhimov was popularly elected the first president of Bashkortostan.

On June 14, 1998, he was reelected to a post of the President of Bashkortostan Republic for a second term.

On December 21, 2003 in accordance with the Federal law „About main guarantees of electoral rights and rights on participation in referendum of citizens of the Russian Federation“ M.G. Rakhimov was elected as the President of Bashkortostan Republic for the third time. M.G. Rakhimov – is a member of the Federal Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (1993–2001). At present he is a member of the Council of State of the Russian Federation, the Chairman of the Council of Bashkortostan Republic and the Presidential Council of Bashkortostan Republic, the Chairman of the interdepartmental Council of the public security of Bashkortostan Republic.

Current Activities

Rakhimov now works a contributor of Sistema
Sistema
AFK Sistema is a large Russian conglomerate company, headed by Vladimir Yevtushenkov. In March 2006, Yevtushenkov controlled 62% of the shares in Sistema....

 to manage Russia's Bashneft
Bashneft
Bashneft is a Russian oil company. It is one of the largest producer of oil products in the country. The company operates 140 oil and natural gas fields in Russia and has an annual oil production of 16 million tonnes. Bashneft owns three oil refineries located in Ufa with a combined capacity of ...

 as part of the oil producer's board of directors, and still works as a prominent politician in Russia.

Personal life

Rakhimov is married to Luiza Galimovna Rakhimova, and has one son, Ural Rakhimov
Ural Rakhimov
Ural Murtazovich Rakhimov is a Russian businessman of Bashkir ethnicity. Rakhimov is the 191 richest man in Russia with a net worth of $500 million as of 2011.-Biography:...

. His son is one of the wealthiest men in Russia, having a fortune of at least $500 million in wealth, and is not married. Rakhimov's official biographer has noted that Rakhimov likes music, fiction, and physical culture.

Awards

M.G. Rakhimov is awarded with the Order of Honour (1980), the Order of the Labour Red Banner (1986), Friendship of people (1994), „For merits before Fatherland“ of II degree (1999), the Order of sacred Pious tsarevitch Moscow Dimitriy and Uglich wonder-worker (1999), „For merits before Republic Bashkortostan“ (2000), „For the benefit of Fatherland“ by the name of V.N.Tatishchev (the Russian academy of natural sciences) (2002), of Peter the Great (public fund „The best managers of an epoch“) (2002), of Salavat Yulaev (2004). Moreover in 1996, 1999 and 2004 M.G.Rahimov was thanked officially on behalf of the President of RF. He was awarded to the Certificate of Honour of the Federal Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (2001), the Certificate of Honour of the Government RF (2002), the premium „Russian National Olympus“ in the nomination „President 2002-2003“, the Honourable national sign „the Leader of the Russian economy“ (2004). He is conferred the honorary ranks of „the Deserved rationalizer of RSFSR“ (1974) and „the Deserved oilman of Bashkiria“ (1977).

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