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Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev
Минтимер Шәрип улы Шәймиев
Минтимер Шарипович Шаймиев
	Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev; Минтимер Шәрип улы Шәймиев; Минтимер Шарипович Шаймиев
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1st President of Tatarstan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 12, 1991
Born	January 20, 1937; Anyakovo village, Tatar ASSR, USSR
Nationality	Russia
Political party	United Russia

Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev^[1] (Tatar Cyrillic: Минтимер Шәрип улы Шәймиев, Latin: Mintimer Şärip ulı Şäymiev; Russian: Минтимер Шарипович Шаймиев) (born January 20, 1937) is the first and current President of Tatarstan, a Republic within Russia. He is an ethnic Tatar. He became President on June 12, 1991, and since then has been re-elected three times, on March 24, 1996, on March 25, 2001, and on March 25, 2005.

Shaeymiev was born in the village of Anyakovo, in Aktanyshsky District of the Tatar ASSR.

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^ co-spelled Shaymiev, Shaymiyev and Shaeymiev, also Sharip uly instead of Sharipovich

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Official website of the President of Tatarstan, Biography

Preceded by none	President of Tatarstan June 12, 1991–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Salih bin Abdulrahman Al-Husayyin	Winner of King Faisal International Prize 2007	Succeeded by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Preceded by Yusuf bin Jasim bin Muhammad Al-Hidji	Winner of King Faisal International Prize 2007	Succeeded by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

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[0] -spelled Shaymiev, Shaymiyev and Shaeymiev, also Sharip uly instead of Sharipovich

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