Khizri Abakarov | |
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Хизри Абакаров | |
Deputy of the 8th State Duma of the Russian Federation | |
Assumed office 19 September 2021 | |
State Secretary of the Republic of Dagestan | |
In office 10 November 2020 – 23 September 2021 | |
Head of Derbent Town District | |
In office 16 October 2018 – 10 November 2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Khizri Abakarov Magomedovich 28 June 1960 Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, USSR |
Nationality | Avar [1] |
Political party | United Russia |
Alma mater | Daghestan State Technical University |
Khizri Magomedovich Abakarov ( Russian: Абака́ров Хизри́ Магоме́дович; born 28 June 1960, Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 8th State Duma of the Russian Federal Assembly. [1] He started his political career in 1999 as a deputy assistant of Suleyman Kerimov. On 16 October 2018 he was appointed head of Derbent Town District. [2] On 10 November 2020 he left his post to become the State Secretary of the Republic of Dagestan. Since 19 September 2021 he has served as a deputy of the State Duma. [3]
From 2011 to 2013, he supervised the construction of Anzhi Arena ( Kaspiysk, Dagestan). [4] [5]
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [6]
On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [7] Abakarov has also been under New Zealand sanctions since May 3, 2022. Moreover, in September 2022, he was included in the list of Ukrainian sanctions. [8]