Tatarstan State Council conferred powers of President of the Republic of Tatarstan on Rustam Minnikhanov

4 February 2010, Thursday

February 4, at the eighth session of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan of the 4th convocation, the deputies of the republican parliament granted powers of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan to Rustam Minnikhanov.

Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev delivered a speech at the session.

The Address of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitri Medvedev, to the Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan nominating Rustam Minnikhanov for conferring on him powers of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan was read out by Grigori Rapota, the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Russian President to the Volga Federal District.

The inauguration of Rustam Minnikhanov as the President of the Republic of Tatarstan will take place on March 25.

February 4, 2010.

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