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Ilsur Metshin

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Ilsur Metshin
Ильсур Метшин
Official portrait, 2022
47th Mayor of Kazan
Assumed office
November 17, 2005
Preceded byKamil Iskhakov
Member of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan
In office
2000–2004
Chairman of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities
Assumed office
2019
President of the United Cities and Local Governments
Assumed office
2021
Personal details
Born
Ilsur Raisovich Metshin

April 24, 1969 (1969-04-24) (age 55)
Nizhnekamsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materKazan State University
AwardsAlt text
WebsiteOfficial website

Ilsur Raisovich Metshin (Russian: Ильсур Раисович Метшин; Tatar: Илсур Рәис улы Метшин; born April 24, 1969) is a Russian politician of Tatar descent. He has served as the mayor of Kazan since 2005.

Career

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Ilsur Metshin was born in Nizhnekamsk in 1969.

From 1993, he worked in Kazan as a politician. From 1998, he was the mayor of Nizhnekamsk and Nizhnekamsky District and chairman of the Nizhnekamsk Council. From November 17, 2005, he was the mayor of Kazan,[1] replacing Kamil Iskhakov. On September 4, 2015, he was selected as the new president of FC Rubin Kazan.[2]

He was elected chairman of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities at the UCLG World Congress 2019 in Durban.[3] On November 17, 2021 he was elected as the governing president of the United Cities and Local Governments at the 2021 UCLG World Council in Barcelona.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Republic of Tatarstan". Government of the Russian Federation. Archived from the original on June 7, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
  2. ^ Избран новый президент ФК «Рубин» (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. September 4, 2015. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015.
  3. ^ "Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan, Russian Federation (right), elected as Chairperson of the UN Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA)". Earth Negotiations Bulletin. November 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "Summary report, 17–18 November 2021 UCLG World Council & World Forum of Regions". Earth Negotiations Bulletin. November 18, 2021.
  5. ^ UCLG Twitter: Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan, takes on the role of governing President of UCLG
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Preceded by Mayor of Kazan
November 17, 2005 –
Succeeded by