Malgobek
Malgobek (; ) is a town in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia, located northwest of the republic's capital of Magas. Population:
History
In 1934, the '' selo'' of Voznesenskoye was granted work settlement status. It served then recently disc ...
(
Chechen-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 Repub ...
).
From 1984 to 1986, he participated in combat operations in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
as part of the Soviet Union's army intelligence unit (in the 180th Motorized Rifle Regiment - according to the "Kommersant" newspaper). He served his military service in this regiment, commanded by
Ruslan Aushev
Ruslan Sultanovich Aushev (born 29 October 1954) is a Russian Ingush former politician. He was the President of Ingushetia from March 1993 to December 2001. He was reportedly the youngest officer in the Soviet Army to reach the rank of lieute ...
, the future President of
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 ...
. He was seriously wounded in the battle.
He worked as an engineer. In 1989-1991 he served as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
From 1991 to 1994, he then served as the Deputy Chairman of the Committee for the soldiers-internationalists (first under the
President of the USSR
The president of the Soviet Union (), officially the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (), abbreviated as president of the USSR (), was the executive head of state of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 15 March 1 ...
, and then to the Council of Heads of Government of the countries - participants of the CIS).
Keligov graduated from the Moscow State University of Food Production, and the Moscow State Academy of Technologies. In 1998 he defended his PhD thesis on "The food market of Russia and its influence on the character of the development of the domestic food production".
According to the
Kommersant
(, , ''The Businessman'' or Commerce Man, often shortened to Ъ) is a nationally distributed daily newspaper published in Russia mostly devoted to politics and business. The TNS Media and NRS Russia certified July 2013 circulation of the daily ...
newspaper, in 1999, during the
Second Chechen War
Names
The Second Chechen War is also known as the Second Chechen Campaign () or the Second Russian Invasion of Chechnya from the Chechens, Chechen insurgents' point of view.Федеральный закон № 5-ФЗ от 12 января 19 ...
, Keligov organized a military operation against Chechen
terrorist
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s who had taken his brother, Magomed Keligov, hostage. The operation resulted in the release of the hostages and the elimination of militant group and its leader.
In 1994-2000 (according to other sources - in 1993) he served as the vice-president of "Lukoil-International".
From April 2000 to February 2001 Keligov served as the Deputy Head of the Administration of the
Nenets Autonomous District
The Nenets Autonomous Okrug (; ) also known as Nenetsia ( ) is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of Arkhangelsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Naryan-Mar. It has an area of and a population of 42,090 as ...
.
From 2001 to 2002 he served as the chief federal inspector of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Ingushetia, then as the deputy presidential envoy in the
Southern Federal District
The Southern Federal District ( rus, Южный федеральный округ, p=ˈjuʐnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its territory lies mostly on the Pontic–Caspian steppe of Sou ...
.
In 2002, there was a plot to assassinate Musa Keligov. The attempt fell through, and one of the intermediaries between the people who ordered the assassination and the killer was caught.
Since 2004 Keligov has served as president of the "Ingrosso" company.
In 2010 he was elected a member of the Federation Council of the People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia.
Criticism
Musa Keligov has been criticized for his assistance to
Murat Zyazikov
Murat Magometovich Zyazikov (; born September 10, 1957) is a Russian politician who was the second president of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia. He was born in what is now Kyrgyzstan. Zyazikov was a controversial politician in Ingush ...
in Ingushetia's presidential elections. Keligov himself named the promotion of Zyazikov "the greatest sin" in his life.>
Personal life
Keligov is married and has four children.
Awards
For participation in combat operations in Afghanistan Musa Keligov was awarded the
Order of the Red Star
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Caucasian Knot
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