Spartak Galeyevich Akhmetov (, , born 8 June 1949) is a retired

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

n politician who was a member of the

5th State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 5th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации V созыва) is a forme ...

. Akhmetov served as the head of the administration of

Sterlitamak Sterlitamak ( rus, Стерлитама́к, p=stʲɪrlʲɪtɐˈmak; ba, Стәрлетамаҡ, translit=Stärletamaq; ) is the second largest city in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Belaya River (Kama's ...

from 1992 to 2007.

Biography

Spartak Akmetov was born on 8 July 1949 in Sterlibashevo. He graduated from the Salavat Industrial Technical College in 1968. From 1968 to 1970, he served in the

Soviet Army uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date ...

. Between 1970 and 1986, he held engineering and management positions at ''Sterlitamakstroy'' and ''Vostokneftezavodmontazh'' trusts. In 1979, he graduated from the

Ufa State Petroleum Technological University Ufa State Petroleum Technological University (russian: Уфимский Государственный Нефтяной Технический Университет , УГНТУ) is a technical university in the city of Ufa. In October 1941, ...

. From 1986 to 1987, he was a second secretary of the Sterlitamak City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1987–1992, Akmetov served as chairman of the executive committee of the City Council of Sterlitamak. In 1992, he became head of the Administration of Sterlitamak. On 2 December 2007, Akmetov was elected as a

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...

deputy to the

State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper hous ...

. He holds an Honoured Builder of the Russian Federation title.

Awards

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds ...

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

* Honoured Builder of the Russian Federation * Honoured Builder of the Republic of Bashkorostan * Honoured citizen of Sterlitamak.

References

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