Rifat Shaykhutdinov | |
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Рифат Шайхутдинов | |
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| Leader of the Civic Platform | |
| Assumed office 17 April 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Prokhorov |
| Member of the State Duma from Bashkortostan's Neftekamsk constituency | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
| In office 29 December 2003 – 21 December 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rifat Gabdulkhakovich Shaykhutdinov 23 December 1963 Okha, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (2003–2012) Civic Platform (2012–present) |
Rifat Gabdulkhakovich Shaykhutdinov (Russian: Рифат Габдулхакович Шайхутдинов; born December 23, 1963) is a Russian politician. He currently serves as a member of the State Duma and the Chairman of the State Duma's Committee on Relations with CIS States and Compatriots, and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma's Committee on Power, Transport and Telecommunications. From 1992 to 1997 he was director of the Center for Experts in the Ministry of State Property in the Northwest Region.[1]
An ethnic Tatar, Shaykhutdinov is a deputy for the Urals Federal District. He is also an author of a novel Political hunting that contains his works in relation to the political analysis of the social and political situation in Russia as well as worldwide. Shaykhutdinov is a father of two children, Anna (born in 1989) and Rod (born in 1992).
