Mukhammat Sabirov Explained

Mukhammat Sabirov
Office:Prime Minister of Tatarstan
Term Start:July 5, 1991
Term End:January 17, 1995
Predecessor:Office created
Successor:Farid Mukhametshin
President:Mintimer Shaimiev
Birth Date:1932 3, df=y
Birth Place:Novokurmashevo, Kushnarenkovsky District, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Kazan, Russia

Mukhammat Gallyamovich Sabirov (Russian: Мухаммат Галлямович Сабиров; Tatar: Мөхәммәт Галләм улы Сабиров|translit=Möxəmmət Ğalləm ulı Sabirov; 29 March 1932 – 9 March 2015) was a Russian engineer and politician. He served as the first Prime Minister of Tatarstan from 1991 to 1995.[1]

Sabirov began a lengthy career as an engineer at Almetievskburneft in 1955.[1] He served as the first Prime Minister of Tatarstan, the head of government of the republic, from 1991 to 1995.[1]

Sabirov died on March 9, 2015, at the age of 82. His memorial service was held at the national culture centre in Kazan on March 10, 2015. Dignitaries in attendance at the service included Ildar Khalikov and former President and state counsellor, Mintimer Shaimiev.[1] Sabirov was buried in Arsk cemetery in Kazan.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Mukhammat Sabirov bid farewell in Kazan . . 2015-03-11 . 2015-04-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402130210/http://eng.tatar-inform.ru/news/2015/03/11/51053/ . 2015-04-02 .