Ravil Geniatulin | |
Office: | Governor of Zabaykalsky Krai |
Term Start: | 1 March 2008 |
Term End: | 1 March 2013 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | Konstantin Ilkovsky |
Office1: | Governor of Chita Oblast |
Term Start1: | 1 February 1996 |
Term End1: | 1 March 2008 |
Predecessor1: | Boris Ivanov |
Successor1: | Position abolished |
Office2: | Mayor of Chita |
Term Start2: | 24 December 1991 |
Term End2: | 1 February 1996 |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1955 |
Birth Place: | Chita, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Ravil Faritovich Geniatulin (Russian: Рави́ль Фари́тович Гениату́лин; Tatar: Равил Фәрит улы Гыйниятуллин|translit=Rawil Fərit uğlı Ğiniətullin; born 20 December 1955 in Chita) was the Governor of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, an office he held from 1 February 1996 to 2 March 2013.
Ravil Geniatulin was born in a mixed family, to Russian mother and Tatar father. From 1973 to 1975, Geniatulin served in the Soviet Army. After the army he studied at Chernyshevsky Chita State Institute. He joined the Communist Party of the USSR and worked as a party activist until 1991. From 1991 to 1996, he was the mayor of Chita, and since 1996—the Governor of Chita Oblast and a member of the Federation Council of Russia. In 2004, Geniatulin was re-elected with more than 60 percent of the vote cast. In October 2007 Geniatulin headed the regional list of the United Russia. On 5 February 2008, he was elected by the majority of the deputies of both Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Okrug as the first Governor of Zabaykalsky Krai[1] —a new federal subject formed as a result of the merger of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug.[2] He assumed this post on 1 March 2008 when the new federal subject officially came into existence.