Dr. Mustafa Azret-Aliyevich Batdyyev (russian: Мустафа Азрет-Алиевич Батдыев; krc, Батдыланы Азрет-Алийни джашы Мустафа) (born December 24, 1950) is a Russian politician of

Karachay The Karachays ( krc, Къарачайлыла, Qaraçaylıla or таулула, , 'Mountaineers') are an indigenous Caucasian Turkic ethnic group in the North Caucasus. They speak Karachay-Balkar, a Turkic language. They are mostly situat ...

ethnicity, who was the second president of

Karachay–Cherkessia The Karachay-Cherkess Republic (russian: Карача́ево-Черке́сская Респу́блика, ''Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika''; krc, Къарачай-Черкес Республика, ''Qaraçay-Çerkes Respublika''; Cir ...

, serving from 2003 to 2008.

Biography

Batdyyev was born to an ethnic Karachay family in Kazakhstan; his family repatriated in 1957. Mustafa Batdyyev finished a boarding school in

Cherkessk Cherkessk (russian: Черке́сск) is the capital city of Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, as well as its political, economic, and cultural center. Population: It was previously known as ''Batalpashinskaya'' (until 1931), ''Batalpashinsk'' (un ...

and served in the

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from 1970 to 1972. In 1978 he was graduated from the Faculty of Economics of

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

and in 1981 he got his doctorate there. Batdyyev is married and has two children.

Governmental career

After his studies, Batdyyev returned to Karachay–Cherkessia where from 1981 to 1986 he worked as an economist in the "Rodina"

kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz., a contraction of советское хозяйство, soviet ownership or ...

. From 1986 to 1992 he successfully headed the Economics Department of the Oblast Communist Committee. 1992 to 1997 Batdyyev worked in the Government of Karachay–Cherkessia dealing with economic affairs. In 1997 Batdyyev was appointed as a chairman of the National Bank of Karachay–Cherkessia which was recognized as the best in

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. On August 31, 2003, Batdyyev defeated the first president of Karachay–Cherkessia,

Vladimir Magomedovich Semenov Vladimir Magomedovich Semyonov (russian: Владимир Магомедович Семёнов; krc, Семенланы Магометни джашы Владимир) (b. 1940) is a Russian General of the army and the first president of t ...

, in the presidential elections. In the summer of 2008, Batdyyev was replaced as president of Karachay–Cherkessia by

Boris Ebzeyev Boris Safarovich Ebzeyev (russian: Борис Сафарович Эбзеев; krc, Эбзеланы Сафарны джашы Борис, ) is a Russian politician and judge. He served as a judge on the Constitutional Court of Russia from 1991 ...

, who was appointed by Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev.

References

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