Ildar Khalikov introduces new Minister of education and science of the Republic of Tatarstan
1 October 2012, Monday
Engel Fattakhov has become new minister of education and science of the Republic of Tatarstan. Tatarstan’s PM Ildar Khalikov introduced new minister to the staff.
Chief of the Tatarstan President’s Staff Yuri Kamaltynov, ex-minister of education and science of the Republic of Tatarstan and acting rector of the Kazan scientific research technical university Albert Gilmutdinov participated in the meeting.
Tatarstan’s PM acquainted attendees with the Presidential Decree about assignment of Engel Fattakhov.
Ildar Khalikov congratulated Engel Fattakhov on new assignment and handed a symbolic portfolio.
Information:
Fattakhov Engel Navapovich was born in 1961 in the Aktanysh region, TASSR; graduated from the Kazan agricultural institute in 1983 with a degree of mechanical engineer, got the academic degree “candidate of technical sciences”.
Engel Navapovich started working in 1983 as a supervising engineer at the Aktanysh regional office “Selkhoztekhnika”. In 1984 he was elected the second secretary of the Aktanysh regional committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League.
From 1985 to 1987 Engel Fattakhov worked as chief mechanical engineer at the Aktanysh agricultural department and chief engineer at the regional association “Selkhozkhimiya”.
1987-1989 – elected as secretary of the party committee of “40 years of Victory” kolkhoz of the Aktanysh region.
After postgraduate course he worked as a teacher at the agricultural institute (1989-1993). 1993-1998 – deputy, first deputy head of administration of the Aktanysh and Sarmanovo regions.
From 1998 to 2006 Engel Fattakhov was Head of administration of the Aktanysh region and Chairman of the Aktanysh regional Council of People's Deputies; since 2006 – head of the Aktanysh municipal region of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Fattakhov Engel Navapovich holds the title of Honoured agricultural worker of the Republic of Tatarstan (2002),was awarded with medals “For merits in holding All-Russia population census” (2002), “In memory of 1000th anniversary of Kazan” (2005), “For agriculture research papers” (2007), medal of the Republic of Tatarstan ”For valorous labour” (2011), and Letter of Gratitude of the Tatarstan President (2003).
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