Magomedsalam Magomedaliyevich Magomedov (russian: Магомедсалам Магомедалиевич Магомедов; ; born June 1, 1964) is a Russian politician who served as the 3rd

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, a

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of the

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found in the

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region, from 2010 to 2013. His appointment by the

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Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...

was approved by the

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Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...

on February 10, 2010. Magomedov is an ethnic Dargin. His father,

Magomedali Magomedov Magomedali Magomedovich Magomedov (russian: Магомедали Магомедович Магомедов; ; 15 June 1930 – 4 December 2022) was a Russian politician who served as the Head of the State Council of Dagestan from 1992 to 2006. ...

, served as President of Dagestan between 1987 and 2006. It is his stated ambition as president to consolidate and modernise the republic to counter the threat of

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, in particular the attempts made to undermine and terrorise the republic by supporters of the so-called

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. His resignation was accepted by President

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on January 28, 2013.After that he was appointed Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. Magomedsalam Magomedov has an academic background and differs from his predecessors who were Soviet-era Communist Party leaders who adapted to changed circumstances. Prior to the presidency, Magomedsalam Magomedov was elected speaker of Dagestan’s parliament in 2006 for a period of one year.Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 7 Issue: 28 (Dzutsev, Valery; ''Medvedev Picks Candidate With Long-Standing Political Ties as Dagestan’s President'')
/ref> He speaks Dargin, Russian, and English. In 2001-2002, Magomedov was vice president of FC

Anzhi Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founde ...

. In 2010, Magomedov made the fifth pillar of Islam, the

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, and met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince

Nayef bin Abdulaziz Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, ''Nāyif ibn ‘Abd al ‘Azīz Āl Su‘ūd''; 1934 – 16 June 2012) was the crown prince of Saudi Arabia and deputy prime minister from October 2011 and the Min ...

at the residence of

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود ''ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Saʿūd'', Najdi Arabic pronunciation: ; 1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015) was King of Saudi Arabia, King and Pri ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Magomedov, Magomedsalam 1964 births Living people 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation Dargwa people Heads of the Republic of Dagestan People from Dagestan United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Russian Sunni Muslims