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Shaimiyev Quits as Kremlin Shuffles Regions
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Jan 24, 2010 11:12pm |
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| News Date | Monday, January 25, 2010 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In a victory for a Kremlin determined to replace old-guard regional leaders with new blood, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiyev announced Friday that he would step down after nearly two decades in office.
The replacement of the deeply entrenched Shaimiyev, 73, when his fourth term expires in March comes weeks after President Dmitry Medvedev replaced Sverdlovsk's long-serving governor Eduard Rossel, 72, and it raises new questions about the future of two other veteran regional bosses, Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, 73, and Bashkortostan President Murtaza Rakhimov, 75.
Shaimiyev asked Medvedev after a State Council meeting Friday not to appoint him to a new term as president after his current mandate expires March 25, the Kremlin said on its web site. The meeting was held at Shaimiyev's request, it said.
Shaimiyev said he recommended that he be replaced with Tatarstan's prime minister, Rustam Minnikhanov, 52. |
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