Lenar Rinatovich Safin (; born 11 February 1969) is a Russian politician. From 2020 to 2022, he served as a

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from

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Career

Lenar Safin was born on 11 February 1969 in

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. In 1993, he graduated from the

Kazan Federal University Kazan Federal University (; ) is a public research university located in Kazan, Russia. The university was founded in 1804 as Imperial Kazan University, which makes it the second oldest continuously existing tertiary education institution in Rus ...

. After graduation, Safin worked as an Assistant at the Department of History and Law. From 1995 to 1998, he served as a senior teacher of the Department of Criminal Law of Kazan State University. In 1998–2008, he was the associate professor of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology. In 2010, he was appointed the Minister of Transport and Road Facilities of the Republic of Tatarstan. He left the position in 2020, to become the senator from

. In 2022, he resigned to become the new rector of the

Sanctions

Lenar Safin is under personal sanctions introduced by the

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, for ratifying the decisions of the " Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic and between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic" and providing political and economic support for Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Safin, Lenar Living people 1969 births United Russia politicians Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)