Khizri Abakarov

Russian politician

Хизри Абакаров

Abakarov in 2020

Deputy of the 8th State Duma of the Russian Federation

Incumbent

Assumed office
19 September 2021State Secretary of the Republic of DagestanIn office
10 November 2020 – 23 September 2021Head of Derbent Town DistrictIn office
16 October 2018 – 10 November 2020 Personal detailsBorn

Khizri Abakarov Magomedovich

(1960-06-28) 28 June 1960 (age 63)
Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, USSRNationalityAvar^[1]Political partyUnited RussiaAlma materDaghestan State Technical University

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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

From 2011 to 2013, he supervised the construction of Anzhi Arena (Kaspiysk, Dagestan).^[4]^[5]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.^[6]

On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[7] 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.^[8]

Awards

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Абакаров, Хизри Магомедович" (in Russian). ТАСС. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
^ "Мэром Дербента стал помощник Сулеймана Керимова". РИА Новости. 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
^ "Экс-глава Дербента в должности госсекретаря Дагестана продолжит курировать развитие города" (in Russian). ТАСС. 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
^ Элиза Алиева (2020-11-10). "Хизри Абакаров назначен Государственным секретарем Республики Дагестан" (in Russian). Республиканское Информационное Агентство. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
^ Александр Мартанов (2013-03-18). "Стадион-красавец построил человек, который ни разу не был на футболе" (in Russian). Спорт-экспресс. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ "U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
^ "АБАКАРОВ Хизри Магомедович" (in Russian). sanctions.nazk.gov.ua. 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
^ "Хизри Абакаров награжден орденом "За заслуги перед Республикой Дагестан"" (in Russian). Аргументы и факты. Дагестан. 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2021-02-10.