Rashid Nurgaliyev

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Rashid Nurgaliyev
Рашид Нургалиев
Nurgaliyev in 2012
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
24 December 2003 – 21 May 2012
Acting: 24 December 2003 – 9 March 2004
Prime MinisterMikhail Kasyanov
Viktor Khristenko (Acting)
Mikhail Fradkov
Viktor Zubkov
Vladimir Putin
Viktor Zubkov (Acting)
Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded byBoris Gryzlov
Succeeded byVladimir Kolokoltsev
Personal details
Born (1956-08-10) 10 August 1956 (age 67)
Order of Honour
Signature

Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev (

Russia's interior minister
from 2003 to 2012.

Early life and education

Nurgaliyev was born in

Zhetikara, Kazakh SSR, on 8 October 1956 and is of Volga Tatar ethnicity. 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".

Career

Mintimer Shaimiyev
, 2009

From 1981 to 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
.

In 2002, he became first deputy minister of interior of

MVD. He was removed from office on 21 May 2012 and Vladimir Kolokoltsev replaced him in the post.[citation needed] Two days after his dismissal he was made deputy secretary of the Security Council on 23 May.[1]

He holds the rank of

Army General
.

In February 2023, by decree of President

Putin, Nurgaliyev was appointed First Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council.[2]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the

UK government in 2014 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [3]

In response to the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 6 April 2022 the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury added Nurgaliyev to its list of persons sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 14024.[4]

Personal life

Nurgaliyev is married and has two children. He is an Orthodox Christian.[5][6]

Honours and awards

References

  1. ^ "Scandal-Plagued Interior Minister Appointed To Security Council". OCCRP. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. ^ "PUTIN APPOINTED NURGALIYEV FIRST DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION". 247newsagency.com. 6 February 2023.
  3. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  4. ^ Office of Foreign Assets Control. "Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions." Published 2022-0418. 87 FR 23023
  5. ^ "The priests said Interior Minister Nurgaliyev — Encyclopedia of safety".
  6. ^ "Какие традиции продолжает глава МВД Рашид Нургалиев | История и современность | Новости |". www.islamnews.ru. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Internal Affairs
2003–2012
Succeeded by