Farit Mukhametshin
Farit Mukhametshin | |
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Фарит Мухаметшин | |
Mukhametshin in 2013 | |
| Russian Federation Senator from Samara Oblast | |
| In office 17 September 2018 – 13 September 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Dmitry Azarov |
| Succeeded by | Marina Sidukhina |
| Ambassador of Russia to Moldova | |
| In office 5 April 2012 – 2 July 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Valery Kuzmin |
| Succeeded by | Oleg Vasnetsov |
| Head of Rossotrudnichestvo | |
| In office 17 October 2008 – 5 March 2012 | |
| Succeeded by | Konstantin Kosachev |
| Ambassador of Russia to Uzbekistan | |
| In office 17 June 2003 – 17 October 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Dmitri Ryurikov |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Tyurdenev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1947 |
| Alma mater | Kazan Aviation Institute Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs All-Russian State University of Justice |
| Awards | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Third and Fourth Classes Order of Alexander Nevsky Order of Honour (Russia) Order of Friendship (Russia) Order of Friendship of Peoples Order of Friendship (Uzbekistan) Order of Honour (Moldova) |
Farit Mubarakshevich Mukhametshin (Russian: Фарит Мубаракшевич Мухаметшин; born 31 January 1947) is a Russian politician and diplomat. He served as a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly as the representative of Samara Oblast between 2018 and 2024. He has previously been head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo), and as ambassador of Russia to Moldova, and to Uzbekistan.