On January 19, Gazprom Board Chairman Alexey Miller congratulated State Counsellor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev on his 80th anniversary.
On January 19, Board Chairman of LUKOIL Company Valery Graifer congratulated State Counsellor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev on his 80th anniversary.
On January 19, Chairman of the Board of trustees of Bahrain Centre for Strategic, International & Energy Studies Khaled Al Fadalla congratulated State Counsellor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev on his 80th anniversary.
On the threshold of his 80th anniversary, the first President, State Counsellor of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairman of the Board of trustees of the Regional foundation of the revival of historical and cultural monuments Mintimer Shaimiev is receiving greetings telegrams.
On January 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the Russian Government Dmitry Medvedev met the first President, State Counsellor of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairman of the Board of trustees of the Regional foundation of the revival of historical and cultural monuments Mintimer Shaimiev on the threshold of his 80th anniversary.
On December 27, State Counsellor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev met Acting Head of the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kazan Alibeman Eghbali Zarch, who arrived in Kazan in November 2016. He had worked as the Iranian Ambassador in Albania, senior expert of Deputy Minister of Iran in Europe and America before.
On December 22, State Counsellor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, Minister of culture of the republic Airat Sibagatullin, deputy of the State Duma Ildar Gilmutdinov, Deputy Chairman of the Tatarstan State Council Rimma Ratnikova and other officials took part in a solemn event dedicated to the110th anniversary of G.Kamal Tatar state academic theatre.
On December 21, at their meeting with UNESCO expert Britta Rudolf, Tatarstan State Counsellor and Chairman of the Board of trustees of the Revival regional foundation Mintimer Shaimiev discussed new areas of cooperation between Tatarstan and UNESCO, promotion of Intangible Cultural Heritage sites of the Republic of Tatarstan of world universal value.
On December 12, at the Kazan Kremlin Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev has a meeting with a well-known Russian writer, Honored Artist of Russia Raul Mir-Khaydarov on the occasion of his 75th anniversary.
On December 11, a meeting of the Council of Bolgar Islamic Academy's Founders was held in Bolgar.