On May 7, at the Jalil Tatar Opera and Ballet Theatre, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin took part in a solemn meeting dedicated to the 77th anniversary of the victory in WWII.
On 7 May, speaking at a meeting of the organization committee on preparation and holding the celebrations of the 77th V Day in Tatarstan held in the Governmnet House of the republic with participation of the Member of the Russian State Duma Maksim Topilin, the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev, Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and the Chairman of the regional State Council Farid Mukhametshin. , the President of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov informed that he gave an errand to start the celebration preparation.
Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev addressed the participants of the VII youth forum “Moscow-Tatarstan Bridge” held in Moscow.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Russian Deputy Head of the Government Marat Khusnullin, the Plenipotentiary representative of the republic in Russian Federation Ravil Akhmetshin and Deputy Head of the Federal Agency on Youth Issues Damir Fattakhov and other officials took part in the event.
On 17 February in the Kazan Kremlin, the Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaymiyev, who is also the Chairman of the Guardian Council of the Regional Revival Fund and the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, held a meeting on promoting the nomination of the Kazan Federal University Astronomical Observatories in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Dear friends!
Let me express you my deep gratitude for numerous congratulations which came to me and were also published in mass media and the Internet during celebrations of my 85th birthday.
On 21 January in the Kazan Kremlin the State Counselor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiyev had a meeting with Russian Minister of Sports Oleg Matytsin, who congratulated Shaymiyev with his 85-th birthday and handed him in the highest award of the Russian Sports Ministry – the Badge of Honour “For merits in development of sports and physical culture”.
Telegrams congratulating the State Counselor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiyev with his 85-th birthday keep coming.
Webcam greetings on occasion of his 85-th birthday have come to Mintimer Shaymiyev from the UNESCO Director General Audrey Azule, the Director General of UNESCO in 2010-2017 Irina Bokova and the Director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovskiy.
Congratulating the Tatarstan State Counselor, the First President of the republic Mintimer Shaymiyev with his 85-th birthday, the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has said in his telegram:
“Dear Mintimer Sharipovich! Please, accept my most sincere congratulations with your jubilee! You are a whole epoch, service to your people and adherence to your word are real values of your remarkably bright life.
Congratulating the Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaymiyev with his 85-th birthday, the Governor of Chelyabinsk region Aleksey Teksler has said in his telegram:
“Please, accept my sincere congratulations with your birthday. As an insightful and wise state leader you have made a great contribution into the development of Russian federalism on the eve of two centuries having done a lot for steady social-economic and public-political development of the republic. And today your knowledge, rich experience and ability to think strategically serve as a basis for the fruitful work for the benefit of Tatarstan residents”.