Muharbek Ilyasovich Didigov (; born 21 October 1952) is a Russian politician who served as a

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior ...

from

Ingushetia Ingushetia or Ingushetiya, officially the Republic of Ingushetia, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. The republic is part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with the country o ...

from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2013 to 2018.

Career

Muharbek Didigov was born on 21 October 1952 in

Astana Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,423,726 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim ...

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Kazakhstan, the Kazakh SSR, KSSR, or simply Kazakhstan, was one of the transcontinental country, transcontinental Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Un ...

. He grew up in the city of

Nazran Nazran (; ) is the largest city in Ingushetia, Russia. It served as the republic's capital from 1991 to 2000, until it was replaced by Magas, which was built for this purpose. It is the most populous city in the republic: Etymology The name ...

Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic When the Soviet Union existed, different governments had ruled the northern Caucasus regions of Chechnya and Ingushetia. Within the Mountain Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, later annexed into the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republ ...

. In 1978, he graduated from the Grozny State Oil Technical University. From 1993 to 1993, Didigov was the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ingushetia. From 1994 to 1996, he was the Prime Minister of the Republic of Ingushetia. In May 2009, he was appointed

from the

. On 4 December 2011, he left this position to become deputy of the

People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia The People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia (; ), sometimes referred to by its predecessor's name as the Congress of the Ingush People (), is the regional parliament of Ingushetia, a federal subject of Russia. It consists of 32 deputie ...

. From 2013 to 2018, he again served as senator from

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Didigov, Muharbek Living people 1952 births United Russia politicians People from Astana Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)