Farid Khayrullovich Mukhametshin (Tatar: Фәрит Хәйрулла улы Мөхәммәтшин, romanized: Fərit Xəyrulla ulı Möxəmmətşin; Russian: Фарид Хайруллович Мухаметшин; born May 22, 1947, in Almetyevsk, USSR) is a Russian politician and a former prime minister of Tatarstan. He is an ethnic Tatar.

Farid Mukhametshin
Prime minister of Tatarstan
In office
January 16, 1995 – May 28, 1998
PresidentMintimer Shaimiev
Preceded byMukhammat Sabirov
Succeeded byMintimer Shaimiev (acting)
Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan
Assumed office
May 27, 1998
Personal details
BornMay 22, 1947
Almetyevsk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR
Political partyTatarstan – New Age[1]

Mukhametshin was elected in March 1994 to the upper chamber of the Federal Assembly of Russia.[2]

He was chairman of the Supreme Council and State Council of Tatarstan Republic from July 1991 to January 1995. He is the current[when?] chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Republic since May 27, 1998.[3]

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  1. ^ "3 июля - День основания Республиканского общественного движения "Татарстан - новый век" - "Татарстан - яңа гасыр"". Республиканское общественное движение "Татарстан - новый век". Retrieved 1 February 2023.
    - "В Госсовете РТ образована депутатская группа "Татарстан - Новый век"". Business Gazeta. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  2. ^ Waller, Michael (1998). Conflicting Loyalties and the State in Post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia. London: F. Cass. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-7146-4882-8.
  3. ^ "В Госсовете РТ образована депутатская группа "Татарстан - Новый век"". Business Gazeta. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
Preceded by Prime minister of Tatarstan
January 17, 1995 – May 27, 1998
Succeeded by