Mintimer Shaimiev meets with Claude-Louis Gallien and Oleg Matytsin
16 July 2013, Tuesday
On July 16 Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev met with FISU President Claude-Louis Gallien, FISU Secretary General Eric Saintrond, FISU First Vice-President, President of Russian Sport Student Union Oleg Matytsin.
Mintimer Shaimiev told guests about the final chess tournament and participants of the meeting exchanged opinions about Universiade.
“Everything is going well. I see positive emotions of people. Universiade is a big responsible work. For such a short period we increased a huge human potential,” Mintimer Shaimiev said.
FISU President thanked Russian and Tatarstan leadership for perfect organisation of the holiday. He noted invaluable help of the President of Russian Sport Student Union Oleg Matytsin. Claude-Louis Gallien also informed that Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and Mayor of Kwangju that will host XXVIII World Summer Student Games decided to make Kazan and Kwangju twin towns.
New areas of cooperation between Tatarstan and FISU were discussed at the meeting.
On October 18, at the Galiaskar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, State Counselor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin took part in the farewell ceremony with the outstanding figure of theatrical art, People’s Artist of Russia and Tatarstan Rinat Tazetdinov.
On 1 October in the Kazan City Hall Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, who is the Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation, had a meeting with old stagers of the public service of the republic. The meeting dedicated to the International Day of Older Persons was held with participation of the Chairman of the regional State Council Farid Mukhametshin, the Chief of Staff of the Office of the Rais (Head) of the republic Asgat Safarov, the Chief of Staff of the Office of Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers Shamil Gafarov and representatives of public old stagers organizations, and Mintimer Shaimiev congratulated public service old stagers with the holiday and thanked them for long painstaking work for the good of the republic.
On 8 September at a polling station in the Settlement of Borovoye Matyushino the Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev took part in a ballot in the elections of members of the regional State Council of the VII convocation.
On 7 September in the Kazan Kremlin Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev had a meeting with the Soviet and Russian Military Commander Colonel General Anatoliy Sergeev, who was the Commander in Chief of the Volga-Urals and the Volga military districts from 1991 to 2002 and retired in 2022.