1. Rustam Nurgaliyevich Minnikhanov was born on 1 March 1957 and is a Russian politician who has served as the head of Tatarstan, a federal subject of Russia, since 2010.
10 Facts About Rustam Minnikhanov
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Rustam Minnikhanov was born on 1 March 1957, in a Volga Tatar family in the New Arysh village of Rybno-Slobodsky District in the Tatar ASSR.
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Rustam Minnikhanov graduated from Kazan Agricultural Institute in 1978 as mechanical engineer and from Correspondence Institute of Soviet Trade as a commodity expert in 1986.
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In November 1996 Minnikhanov was appointed minister of finance of the Republic of Tatarstan.
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From 10 July 1998 to 25 March 2010, Rustam Minnikhanov was prime minister of the Republic of Tatarstan.
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On 27 January 2010, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev nominated Rustam Minnikhanov to be the new president of Tatarstan and on 25 March 2010, Rustam Minnikhanov formally assumed the office of President.
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Rustam Minnikhanov's ceremony was presented on Channel One Russia by Maxim Sharafutdinov.
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On 20 April 2017 Rustam Minnikhanov was Putin's envoy to meet with candidate Ebrahim Raisi in Mashhad in Raisi's capacity as Head of Astan Quds Razavi.
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Rustam Minnikhanov is a keen motorsports enthusiast and was a regular competitor in the FIA European Rallycross Championship, in 2007 driving a Citroen C4 T16 4x4 with 550+bhp that was built and raced in 2006 by 14-time European Rallycross champion Kenneth Hansen of Sweden.
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In 2002,2003,2004 and 2006 Rustam Minnikhanov won the truck category of the UAE Desert Challenge in the United Arab Emirates with his Kamaz 4911 and in 2004 as well as 2005 he finished 3rd overall in the FIA European Championship for Autocross Drivers with a four-wheel-driven Ford Puma.