Tatarstan President is attending the meeting of the Council under the Presidential Envoy in the Volga Federal District
25 December 2007, Tuesday
December 25, the meeting of the Council under the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District is taking place in Nizhni Novgorod.
Two points are to be discussed at the meeting: the development of the vocational technical education as a condition of further economic growth; implementation of national projects of priority in the Russian regions of the Volga Federal District.
Mintimer Shaimiev, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, is taking part in the meeting.
On 26 April, during festive events dedicated to the Native Language Day and the 140th birthday of the great Tatar poet Gabdulla Tukay, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev laid flowers to the monument of the great Tatar poet.
On 17 March, speaking at a meeting of the State Council of the republic, where its Chairman Farid Mukhametshin declared his early termination of powers, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaymiev said: “Mutual respect and deep understanding help to preserve high trust of our people.”
On 13 March the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev accompanied by the regional Mufti Kamil Samigullin took part in the XIV Iftar of the republic organized by the Spiritual Board of Muslims of Tatarstan, the administration of the Ak Bars Arena stadium and the national tourist complex Tugan Avylym (My Native Village) at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center.
On 20 January in the evening Russian President Vladimir Putin called Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev and congratulated him with his birthday. During the conversation Vladimir Putin stated that he is happy to hear bright voice of Mintimer (Sharipovich) and wished him good health and all the best.