Irek Envarovich Faizullin (born 8 December 1962) is a Russian politician who is currently the Minister for Construction and Housing since 10 November 2020. He was deputy minister for construction and housing from 22 January 2020 until 9 November 2020, when

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nominated Faizullin for the post of Minister of Construction & Housing. He was approved by the

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and confirmed the post on 10 November. During his nomination, he advocated for a program that focused on achieving a set of goals before the

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, including building more houses to have at least 33 square meters of housing per person and housing renovation

Early life

Faizullin was born on 8 December 1962 in

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, which was then part of the

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in the

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. In 1985 he graduated from the Kazan Institute of Civil Engineering with a degree in industrial and civil construction. While studying, in 1983 he started working as a concrete carpenter in

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at "Rayselkhoztechnika", and then after graduating until 1989 she worked as an engineer then senior engineer at the Department of Metal Structures and Testing of Structures at his alma mater. From 1989 to 1993 he then worked as chief engineer then director of the design and construction company "Tatstroyproekt", and was for two years after that chairman of the board of directors of the company "Tatstroyproekt".

Sanctions

In May 2022 the

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placed sanctions on Faizullin pursuant to as a member of the

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. He is also a member of the board of directors of

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. In February 2022 he was also sanctioned by the

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, who cited Russian Railways support in transporting

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across the Ukrainian border which they started undermined the sovergenity of Ukraine. He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to

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