Farid Khayrullovich Mukhametshin (also Farit Mokhametshin; tt-Cyrl, Фәрит Хәйрулла улы Мөхәммәтшин; russian: Фарид Хайруллович Мухаметшин; born May 22, 1947, in
Almetyevsk
Almetyevsk ( rus, Альме́тьевск, , ɐlʲˈmʲetʲjɪfsk; tt-Cyrl, Әлмәт, ''Älmät'') is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Zay River (Kama's tributary) southeast of Kazan. Population: ...
,
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
) is a Russian politician and a former Prime Minister of Tatarstan. He is an ethnic
Tatar
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different .
He was elected in March 1994 to the upper chamber of the
Federal Assembly of Russia
The Federal Assembly ( rus, Федера́льное Собра́ние, r=Federalnoye Sobraniye, p=fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə sɐˈbranʲɪjə) is the national legislature of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of the Russian F ...
.
He was Chairman of the Supreme Council and State Council of Tatarstan Republic July 1991–January 1995. He is the current Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Republic since May 27, 1998.
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