Ramazan Gadzhimuradovich Abdulatipov ( av, Рамазан ГІабдулатІипов; russian: Рамазан Гаджимурадович Абдулатипов; born 4 August 1946) is a Russian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, ...

and professor of Avar heritage. He served as

Head of the Republic of Dagestan The Head of the Republic of Dagestan is the highest official and the head of the executive power of the Republic of Dagestan. The Head is Dagestan’s Head of State and Head of Government. The Head of Dagestan’s duty is to ensure compliance wi ...

from 28 January 2013 until his resignation effective 3 October 2017.

Biography

From 1990–1993 he was Chairman of the Council of Nationalities, a chamber of the

Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (russian: Верховный Совет РСФСР, ''Verkhovny Sovet RSFSR''), later Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation (russian: Верховный Совет Российской Федерации, ...

. In

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

he was a candidate for

Vice President of Russia The vice president of the Russian Federation (before 25 December 1991 – vice president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) was the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new president of Russia upon the death ...

. During the September–October crisis of 1993, he condemned president Yeltsin's decree dissolving the

Congress of People's Deputies of Russia The Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian SFSR (russian: Съезд народных депутатов РСФСР) and since 1991 Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation (russian: Съезд народных депута� ...

, and was one of the members of the

Supreme Soviet The Supreme Soviet (russian: Верховный Совет, Verkhovny Sovet, Supreme Council) was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USS ...

delegation in talks with the pro-presidential side. From May 2005 to 6 March 2009, Abdulatipov served as Ambassador of Russia to Tajikistan. From 20 December 2018 - Special Representative of the Russian Federation to the

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Jeddah Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's pro ...

, Kingdom of

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.Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 739 of December 20, 2014
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Awards

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds ...

* Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" * Order of Alexander Nevsky *

Order of Honour (Russia) The Order of Honour ( rus, орден Почёта, r=orden Pachyota) is a state order of the Russian Federation established by Presidential Decree No. 442 of March 2, 1994 to recognise high achievements in government, economic, scientific, soci ...

* Order For Services to the Republic of Dagestan * Dostlug Order * Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

Publications

Author of numerous books and articles published mainly in Russian language.

References

External links

Ramazan Gadzhimuradovich Abdulatipov official personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdulatipov, Ramazan Gadzhimuradovich 1946 births Living people People from Tlyaratinsky District Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Party of Russian Unity and Accord politicians United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Members of the Supreme Soviet of Russia Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1994–1996) Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation) Ambassadors of Russia to Tajikistan Members of the Tajik Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Honoured Scientists of the Russian Federation Avar people Russian people of Dagestani descent Russian Sunni Muslims Deputy heads of government of the Russian Federation Abdulatipov Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Second convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)