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Farid Mukhametshin | |
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Фәрит Мөхәммәтшин | |
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Prime Minister of Tatarstan | |
In office 16 January 1995 –28 May 1998 | |
President | Mintimer Shaimiev |
Preceded by | Mukhammat Sabirov |
Succeeded by | Mintimer Shaimiev (acting) |
Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan | |
Assumed office 27 May 1998 | |
Preceded by | Vasily Likhachyov |
Personal details | |
Born | Almetyevsk,Tatar ASSR,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union | 22 May 1947
Political party | United Russia |
Other political affiliations | Tatarstan –New Age [1] |
Alma mater | Ufa State Petroleum Technological University |
Farid Khayrullovich Mukhametshin [a] (born 22 May 1947) is a Russian politician and a former prime minister of Tatarstan. He is an ethnic Tatar.
Mukhametshin was born 22 May 1947 in Almetyevsk,Tatar ASSR,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union.
He began his career in 1963 as a turner at the Almetyevsk gas and gasoline plant,and as a driver for the Almetyevburneft trust’s motor transport office.
From 1966 to 1968 he served in the Soviet Army. After completing military service,he worked as a fitter at the Almetyevneft oil production department until 1970. [2]
He was elected in March 1994 to the upper chamber of the Federal Assembly of Russia. [3]
He was chairman of the Supreme Council and State Council of Tatarstan Republic from July 1991 to January 1995. He is the current[ when? ] chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Republic since 27 May 1998. [4]