Ilsur Raisovich Metshin (; ; born April 24, 1969) is a Russian politician of Tatar descent. He has served as the mayor of

Kazan Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...

since 2005.

Career

Ilsur Metshin was born in

Nizhnekamsk Nizhnekamsk (, ; ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Tatarstan, Russia, located to the south of the Kama River between the cities of Naberezhnye Chelny and Chistopol. Population: History As its population increased, spurre ...

in 1969. From 1993, he worked in

as a politician. From 1998, he was the mayor of Nizhnekamsk and Nizhnekamsky District and chairman of the Nizhnekamsk Council. From November 17, 2005, he was the mayor of

, replacing Kamil Iskhakov. On September 4, 2015, he was selected as the new president of

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. He was elected chairman of the

United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA) is a committee of local authorities that serves as an advisory body to United Nations System for the purpose of strengthening the dialogue with local authorities from all over the w ...

at the UCLG World Congress 2019 in

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. On November 17, 2021 he was elected as the governing president of the

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at the 2021 UCLG World Council in

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.UCLG Twitter: Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan, takes on the role of governing President of UCLG
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References

External links

Official personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Metsin, Ilsur 1969 births Living people Politicians from Kazan Tatar people of Russia United Russia politicians 21st-century mayors