Ilsur Raisovich Metshin – Mayor of Kazan

Was born on April 24, 1969 in Nizhnekamsk.

Graduated from the law faculty of Kazan State University with a specialization in jurisprudence (1992). After graduation from the university he continued a full-time postgraduate study at the law faculty. He is a master of laws.

1988-1989 – service in the Soviet Army.

1993 – head of the Housing Privatization Agency of the Sovetsky District Administration of Kazan City.

1995-1997 – head of the Staff of the Sovetsky District Administration.

1997-98 – first deputy head of the Vakhitovsky District Administration – prefect of Kazansky Posad territory.

1998-2005  – head of Nizhnekamsk Region Administration and of Nizhnekamsk City (since 2005 – Mayor of Nizhnekamsk). Member of the Board of Directors of OAO Nizhekamskneftekhim.

2000 - 2004 – deputy of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan.

November 2005 – head of Kazan Administration.

2006 – head of the Executive Committee of the Municipality of Kazan.

March2006 – deputy of Kazan City Duma.

March17, 2006 – Mayor of Kazan. 

April 2006 – member of UN Advisory Board on local government.  

October 2006 – vice-president of Worldwide Organization ‘United Cities and Local Governments’ – president of the Eurasian regional section of Worldwide Organization ‘United Cities and Local Governments’.  

Vice-president of the organization of World Heritage cities; International Assembly of Capitals and Cities; Russian Union of Historical Cities and Regions (Chamber Chairman of Historical Cities). He is on the board of the Union of Russian Cities.  

Awards:

Russian National Olympus award in the Best Mayor of Year nomination (2002);

Order for the sake of Russia (2003);

Medal in memory of 1000 Anniversary of Kazan (2005);

Order of Honour of the Russian Federation for the achievements in labour and longstanding conscientious work (2009);

Under his government Nizhnekamsk became the most improved city of Russia (2001);

Kazan was awarded ‘Best Municipal Formation’ on the II Russian contest (2007).

Married, has four children.

Hobbies: soccer, ice hockey, and music.

Speaks English.