Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev ( ; born 8 October 1956) is a Russian general and politician who currently serves as First Deputy Secretary of the Security Council. He was also Russia's interior minister from 2003 to 2012.

Early life and education

Nurgaliyev was born in Zhetikara,

Kazakh SSR The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Kazakhstan, the Kazakh SSR, KSSR, or simply Kazakhstan, was one of the transcontinental constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1936 to 1991. Located in northern Centr ...

, on 8 October 1956 and is of Volga Tatar ethnicity. He graduated from Kuusinen State University in

Petrozavodsk Petrozavodsk (, ; Karelian language, Karelian, Veps language, Vepsian and ) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some . The population of the city is 280,890 as of 2022. ...

in 1979. He later received a doctoral degree in economics. His thesis was on the “economic aspects of the formation of business undertakings in modern Russia".

Career

From 1981 to 1995, he worked in the

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Directorate of

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and its successor, Security Ministry of Karelia, in 1992-1994 led by Nikolai Patrushev. In 1995, he moved to Moscow and was appointed chief inspector of the Inspectorial Directorate of FSK ( FSB) and head of a section of FSB Internal Security Department led by Nikolai Patrushev. In 2002, he became first deputy minister of interior of

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. In 2003, he became minister of the MVD. He was removed from office on 21 May 2012 and Vladimir Kolokoltsev replaced him in the post. Two days after his dismissal he was made deputy secretary of the Security Council on 23 May. He holds the rank of

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. In February 2023, by decree of President

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, Nurgaliyev was appointed First Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council.

Sanctions

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to the

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. In response to the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, on 6 April 2022 the

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of the

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added Nurgaliyev to its list of persons sanctioned pursuant to .

Personal life

Nurgaliyev is married and has two children. He is an Orthodox Christian.

Honours and awards

Order of Merit for the Fatherland Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * ...

, 3rd and 4th classes * Order of Honour * Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy, 1st class (2005, Russian Orthodox Church) * Order of Akhmad Kadyrov (2006, Chechen Republic) * Honorary Citizen of the

Republic of Karelia The Republic of Karelia, or simply Karelia or Karjala (; ) is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia situated in the Northwest Russia, northwest of the country. The republic is a part of the Northwestern Federal District, and covers an area of ...

* Yuri Andropov Award * Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan" * Medal for Distinction in Military Service, 2nd class * Medal of Merit in the conduct of national census * Jubilee Medal "100 Years of the Trans-Siberian Railway" * Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" * Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" * Medal for Strengthening Military Cooperation(Defence) * Medal "200 Years of the Ministry of Defence" * Medal "For Military Merit" (MIA) *

Medal "For Impeccable Service" The Medal "For Impeccable Service" () was a Soviet Union, Soviet military award for long service awarded to deserving members of the military personnel of the Soviet Armed Forces, of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union), Interior Minist ...

, 1st class

References

External links

Information on Nurgaliyev on the site of the Russian ministry of the interior

Biography
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