| Shamil Zainalov | |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Office: | Chairman of the Government of Dagestan |
| Term Start: | 6 March 2006 |
| Term End: | 24 February 2010 |
| Predecessor: | Atai Aliev |
| Successor: | Magomed Abdulaev |
| Office1: | Senator from Dagestan |
| Term Start1: | 29 November 2001 |
| Term End1: | 24 March 2006 |
| Successor1: | Atai Aliev |
| Birth Name: | Shamil Zainalov |
| Birth Date: | 14 November 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Khasavyurt, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Party: | United Russia |
| Alma Mater: | Dagestan State University |
Shamil Magomedovich Zainalov (Russian: Шамиль Магомедович Зайналов; born 14 November 1946) is a Russian politician who served as the prime minister of Dagestan from 2006 to 2010. Previously, he served as a senator from Dagestan from 2001 to 2006.
Shamil Zainalov was born on 14 November 1946 in Khasavyurt, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He is Kumyk by ethnicity. Zainalov graduated from the Dagestan State University and after that worked as the chief architect of Khasavyurt. Later, he was appointed the head of the Khasavyurt city administration. From 1998 to 2001, he served as Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Dagestan. From 2001 to 2006, he served as senator from Dagestan. He left this position to become the new prime minister of Dagestan.[1] [2] [3]