President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov: biography, family and photos

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:41

To report that Rustam Minnikhanov is a respected person in Tatarstan is to say nothing. In the last presidential elections in the republic in September 2015, more than 90 percent of voters cast their votes for him. Such a serious level of popular trust must be able to win…

The President of the Republic of Tatarstan is an outstanding and extraordinary personality. In early October 2015, a poll was conducted on Instagram, as a result of which Minnikhanov was named the third most popular politician in Russia among the population. Only Vladimir Putin and the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov were ahead of him. Our article is dedicated to the biography of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Early childhood of the president

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov was born on the first day of spring 1957. His small homeland was the village of Novy Arysh, in the Rybno-Sloboda region of the Republic of Tatarstan (at that time - the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic).

Father of the future President Minnikhanov Nurgali Midkhadovich and mother Vasiga Mubarakovna created a strong union, giving life to three boys: Rustam, his elder brother Rifkat andthe youngest - Rais.

In the early sixties, the Minnikhanov family moved to the Sabinsky district (not far from Kazan), where its head, starting in 1962, worked for almost 30 years as the director of the local timber industry. And the keeper of the hearth worked as a kindergarten teacher.

Despite the fact that the father held a fairly high position, the children were brought up in severity and modesty. Rustam Minnikhanov and his brothers did not receive any special privileges, and familiar families were surprised how parents manage to raise such obedient, sympathetic and hardworking sons.

The then Minister of Water Resources and Land Reclamation Mintimer Shaimiev often came to the timber industry enterprise, which was headed by Minnikhanov Sr., to hunt. He was friends with Nurgali Midgadovich and played a big role in the life of his middle son.

School years

Minnikhanov Rustam Nurgalievich heard his first school bell on the threshold of the eight-year-old forestry. The boy studied well, although he was never an upstart. Teachers still remember his calm, thoughtful character. They say that he never particularly pulled his hand, but if you ask, he always answered correctly. He was a year younger than his classmates, but this did not interfere with his studies at all. He was laconic and serious.

After graduating from the eight-year school, he transferred to the Sabinsky secondary school, which was located 15 kilometers from home. And although Rustam Minnikhanov was the son of a rather influential person in the region, his father’s official position neverenjoy. He could have been taken to school in a private car, but on Mondays and Fridays he drove back and forth in a covered truck with his comrades. And on weekdays he lived in a boarding school.

And it was a very friendly and fun life. With songs, dances, going to the cinema and other simple entertainments of the Soviet times. The favorite subject of the future President of Tatarstan was labor training. Especially the section that de alt with agricultural machinery. This guy understood the technique like no one else in the class.

Hobbies of Rustam Minnikhanov

Rustam Minnikhanov, whose biography began in a rather remote area, far from the "advanced capital", could not count on any special delights as a child. Yes, and the time was such - difficult and simple.

But the kids found something to do. From an early age, Minnikhanov was fond of skiing and "put" all his friends on them. They went skiing to school, they had competitions all the time…

Speed forever remained in the life of Rustam Nurgalievich, only the skis were somewhat “transformed”. Today, the president of Tatarstan is seriously interested in auto racing and even has the international rank of master of sports. Already occupying high positions, he participated in the championships more than once and won victories.

Another hobby of Minnikhanov is photography. And it, too, comes from childhood. The boy received his first camera in his life as a gift from his parents when he was 10 years old. Rustam never parted with this "Seagull" day or night.

Higher education

Having received a certificate, Rustam Minnikhanov went to conquer Kazan. His goal was the Kazan Agricultural Institute, where a capable young man entered with ease. He lived, like everyone else, in a hostel, enjoyed being a student…

In 1978, the future president of Tatarstan received a diploma in agricultural mechanization and returned to his native village to put the acquired knowledge into practice. But his studies did not end there. Soon the young man becomes a student at the Moscow Correspondence Institute of Soviet Trade, graduating in 1986 with a merchandising diploma in his pocket.

Start in employment

The future head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, began his career in 1978 in the Selkhoztekhnika association of the Sabinsky district as a diagnostic engineer.

Two years later, he goes to his father in the Sabinsky forestry, where he works as a senior power engineer. And in 1983 he replaced the chairman of the board of the Sabinsky district consumer society. A little later - exactly the same raipo, only in the city of Arsk, falls under his complete subordination.

At the dawn of a political career

It is unlikely that the parents and teachers of the young skier guessed that they were raising the president … But the boy's serious nature, his perseverance in studies and authority among his comrades hinted at the possibility of a political career. And how successful it has become today shows.

So it happened

In 1990, Minnikhanov Rustam Nurgalievich was appointed chairmanArsk district executive committee and held this position until 1992. Throughout the next year, he replaced the head of the administration of the Arsky district, and from 1993 to 1996, Minnikhanov led the Vysokogorsky district.

In this post, he managed to do a lot. For example, to build an autodrome and hold many high-level auto racing competitions, including the Cup of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan.

At the helm of the Republic

Head of the district administration Rustam Nurgalievich did not stay long - only three years. And after that began his rapid career growth. Minnikhanov moved to Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, and in 1996 became the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Tatarstan. He was appointed to this post by Mintimer Shaimiev, who at that time was the president of the republic.

Many ill-wishers associated this appointment with the long-term friendship between Shaimiev and the Minnikhanov family. Evil tongues even said that Shaimiev was pulling "by the ears" of Minnikhanov, and the latter in itself is a complete zero in politics. But further - more. Two years later, Minnikhanov is already taking up the post of Prime Minister of Tatarstan and holds it for the next 12 years.

At first, this turn of events caused a sharp protest from the local elite. She even organized a putsch, however, easily suppressed by Shaimiev.

And Rustam Minnikhanov justified his trust. During his leadership in the Cabinet of Ministers of Tatarstan, he did a lot for the republic. For example, he made a technological revolution, as a result of which the entiremanagement documentation has been transferred to electronic form; made the work of officials transparent; achieved the victory of Tatarstan in the race for the right to host the Universiade in 2013, etc.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov: new heights

On January 22, 2010, on the eve of the expiration of his presidential term, Mr. Shaimiev voiced a request to the then head of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, not to nominate him to this post again. He suggested Minnikhanov instead.

And Medvedev liked the candidacy. After its approval by the State Council of the Republic, Rustam Nurgalievich became the President of Tatarstan. On March 25, 2010, he officially assumed his new position. He held this responsible post until March 2015.

Almost half a year - from March 24, 2015 to September 18, 2015 Minnikhanov ruled the republic as acting president of the Republic of Tatarstan. And on September 18, he was elected to the main post of Tatarstan by popular vote. 94, 41% of voters gave confidence to the acting and. o.

Other areas of activity of Minnikhanov

In addition to the successes of the race car driver, which Tatarstan, Kazan and all of Russia are proud of, Rustam Minnikhanov also distinguished himself by his activities in the economic sphere. So, for example, in 1997 he was on the supervisory board of Ak Bars Bank, and at the very end of the nineties he chaired the board of directors of Tatneft. The current president of Tatarstan has a doctorate in economics. He defended the corresponding dissertation in 2003.

Private life

Minnikhanov never pleased gossip-hungry journalists with details of his personal life. Neither he nor his wife seek to be in the spotlight of the press and show maximum modesty.

By the way, the first wife of Rustam Minnikhanov, she is the only one, 12 years younger than him. Her name is Gulsina Akhatovna. The future spouses met in Arsk almost 30 years ago. And since then they have not parted. Rumor has it that Rustam Nurgalievich had to seek the hand and heart of Gulsina for a whole year. But the marriage turned out to be strong.

The President of Tatarstan is generally an active opponent of divorces and even somewhat toughened the republic's legislation in this regard. He proves his position by personal example.

Rustam Minnikhanov's wife is in business. She owns one of the elite beauty salons in Kazan. Before the tragedy of 2013, the family had two sons. Now there is only one left - Iskander Minnikhanov, born in 2008.

Disaster 11/17/13

On November 17, 2013, a passenger Boeing 737-500 crashed while landing at Kazan airport. The plane was returning from Moscow. All passengers died, including Rustam Minnikhanov's eldest son Irek.

He is survived by his pregnant wife Antonia (a French citizen), who gave birth to a girl exactly a month later. The president's first granddaughter was named Andriana. The deceased was less than 24 years old.

Rustam Minnikhanov, whose biography is inextricably linked with Tatarstan, received condolences from all over the republic. People sincerely mourned with him and his orphaned family. The eldest son of Rustam Nurgalievich was a modest and "not major" guy. He avoided public events, did not boast of his position in society. However, it was he who completely inherited his father…

In conclusion, we wish Rustam Minnikhanov success in the political field and prosperity in family life.