Rashid Nurgaliyev
| Rashid Nurgaliyev Рашид Нургалиев |
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| Nurgaliyev, 22 February 2011 | |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
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| Assumed office 31 December 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Mikhail Kasyanov Viktor Khristenko (Acting) Mikhail Fradkov Viktor Zubkov Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Boris Gryzlov |
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| Born | 10 August 1956 Zhetikara, Kazakh SSR (now Kazakhstan) |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Alma mater | Kuusinen State University |
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Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev (Russian: Рашид Гумарович Нургалиев) is a Russian general and politician of the Tatars descent. Since 2004, he has been the minister of the Internal Affairs of Russia.
Nurgalijew is married and has 2 children. He is a believing Muslim.[1]
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[edit] Early years
He was born in Zhetikara, Kazakh SSR, on October 8, 1956. He graduated from Kuusinen State University in Petrozavodsk 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".
[edit] KGB career
From 1981-1995 he worked in the KGB Directorate of Karelia 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.
He was head of the inspectorial office of the FSB.
[edit] Political career
In 2002 he became first deputy minister of the interior of Russia. In 2004 he became minister of the MVD. Currently holds the rank of Army General. He is married, and has two sons, Maxim, and Rashid.
[edit] Honours and awards
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd and 4th classes
- Order of Honour
- Order of Saint Blessed Prince Dimitry Donskoy great, 1st class (2005, Russian Orthodox Church)
- Order of Akhmad Kadyrov (2006, Chechen Republic)
- Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Karelia
- Yuri Andropov Award
- Medal in memory of Kazan 1000th anniversary
- Medal for Distinction in Military Service, 2nd class
- Medal of Merit in the conduct of national census
- Medal 100 years, Trans-Siberian Railway
- Medal "In memory of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg"
- Medal "70 years of Soviet Armed Forces"
- Medal for Strengthening Combat Commonwealth (Defence)
- Medal "200 Years of the Ministry of Defence"
- Medal "For Military Merit" (MIA)
- Meritorious Service, 1st class
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- Information on Nurgaliyev on the site of the Russian ministry of the interior
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| Preceded by Boris Gryzlov |
Minister of Internal Affairs 2003–present |
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