24 Facts About Farit Mukhametshin

Farit Mubarakshevich Mukhametshin is a Russian politician and diplomat.

Farit Mukhametshin has served as a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly as the representative of Samara Oblast since 2018.

Farit Mukhametshin has previously been head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation, and as ambassador of Russia to Moldova, and to Uzbekistan.

Farit Mukhametshin graduated from the Kazan Aviation Institute in 1970 with a degree as a mechanical engineer.

Farit Mukhametshin then went to work at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, serving in various engineering and management positions.

Farit Mukhametshin was part of the Committee of Youth Organizations of the USSR between 1983 and 1987, and served as deputy chairman of the committee.

In 1983, Farit Mukhametshin graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages.

In 1987, Farit Mukhametshin joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in 1990, graduated with honours from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

From 1995 until 1999, Farit Mukhametshin was Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Tatarstan under the President of Russia, and Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan.

Farit Mukhametshin's work was further noted when on 24 July 2001 he received the official thanks of the Government of Russia, and on 19 February 2002, he received the official thanks of the President of Russia for the "development of the draft federal budget for 2002 and active participation in legislative activities".

In 2003, Farit Mukhametshin graduated from the All-Russian State University of Justice with a law degree.

On 17 June 2003, Farit Mukhametshin was appointed ambassador to Uzbekistan.

Farit Mukhametshin held the post of ambassador to Moldova until 17 October 2008.

That same day Farit Mukhametshin was appointed head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation, concurrently with the position as special representative of the President of Russia for Relations with Member States.

Farit Mukhametshin served in this role until his release on 5 March 2012.

On 5 April 2012, Farit Mukhametshin was appointed ambassador to Moldova.

On 17 September 2018, Farit Mukhametshin was appointed as a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly as the representative of the executive power of Samara Oblast.

Farit Mukhametshin has since been deputy chairman of the council's Committee on International Affairs.

Farit Mukhametshin was placed under sanctions for his role as a member of the council in ratifying the treaties between Russia and the Donetsk People's Republic, and the Luhansk People's Republic.

Farit Mukhametshin was sanctioned by the European Union on 9 March 2022, the UK on 15 March 2022, Switzerland on 16 March 2022, Canada on 23 March 2022, Australia on 24 April 2022, New Zealand on 3 May 2022, Ukraine on 17 September 2022, and the US on 30 September 2022.

Over his career Farit Mukhametshin has received various awards on honours.

Farit Mukhametshin has been awarded the Uzbekistani Order of Friendship, the Moldovan Order of Honour, and the Russian Orthodox Church's Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow Second Class.

Farit Mukhametshin has the degree of a doctor of political sciences, having defended his thesis on "Islam Russian political life" at the Diplomatic Academy in 1998.

Farit Mukhametshin describes his interests as Oriental history, classical music, and the influence of religion on social and political processes.