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MAGOMEDOV, Magomedsalam Magomedalievich
President of the Republic of Dagestan
07/12/2010
Magomedsalam Magomedov (Магомедсалам Магомедалиевич Магомедов) was born on June 1, 1964 in the village of Levashi in the Republic of Dagestan. An ethnic Dargin, he has been president of the Republic of Dagestan since February 2010.
In the early 1980s Magomedov was a student at the Dagestan State Institute. He went on to work there as a teacher, associate professor and head of the department of economics and sociology.
From 1998 to 2001 he headed the prime minister of Dagestan's expert working group and for the following five years he was head of the working group responsible for opening up the Dagestani sector of the Caspian Sea shelf. In 2006 he was also named chairman of the National Assembly of Dagestan.
In early 2010, Magomedov was appointed president of the Republic of Dagestan by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. His nomination was approved by parliament on February 10, 2010.
Magomedov’s father, Magomedali Magomedovich Magomedov, before him also served as the leader of Dagestan, from 1987 to 2006. Magomedov has said as president he aims to consolidate and modernize the republic and counter the threat of Islamic extremism.
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