Khizri Abakarov

Russian politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroRussian politician
A.K.A.Khizri Magomedovich Abakarov
A.K.A.Khizri Magomedovich Abakarov
PlacesRussia
isBusinessperson Politician
Work fieldBusiness Politics
Gender
Male
Birth28 June 1960, Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk, Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk Urban Okrug, Dagestan, Russia
Age64 years
Star signCancer
Education
Dagestan State Technical UniversityMakhachkala, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Russia
Positions Held
member of the State Duma
Awards
Order of Friendship 
Order of Alexander Nevsky 
The details

Biography

Khizri Magomedovich Abakarov (Russian: Абака́ров Хизри́ Магоме́дович; born 28 June 1960, Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 8th State Duma of the Russian Federal Assembly. He started his political career in 1999 as a deputy assistant of Suleyman Kerimov. On 16 October 2018 he was appointed head of Derbent Town District. On 10 November 2020 he left his post to become the State Secretary of the Republic of Dagestan. Since 19 September 2021 he has served as a deputy of the State Duma.

From 2011 to 2013, he supervised the construction of Anzhi Arena (Kaspiysk, Dagestan).

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.

On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Abakarov has also been under New Zealand sanctions since May 3, 2022. Moreover, in September 2022, he was included in the list of Ukrainian sanctions.

Awards

  • Order of Friendship (2021)
  • Order For Services to the Republic of Dagestan.
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