RT President Rustam Minnikhanov is in Elabuga municipal region with working visit. He is participating in special 34th organizational session of Elabuga region council.
One of the discussed questions has been retirement of Head of Elabuga municipal region of Republic Tatarstan Ilshat Gafurov.
Ilshat Gafurov resigned in connection with his assignment to the post of rector of Kazan (Volga) federal university on April,8,2010. Ilshat Gafurov has been the head of Elabuga region since 1998 year.
Later, at a special 34th organizational session of Elabuga region council Gennady Emelyanov was assigned to the post of the first deputy head of executive committee of Elabuga region and acting head of executive committee. Formerly he had been performing the duties of RT acting minister of transport and road facilities.