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Fandas Safiullin

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Fandas Safiullin
Member of the State Duma
In office
19 December 1999 – 29 December 2003
Personal details
Born17 August 1936
Malbagush [ru], Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died10 October 2021(2021-10-10) (aged 85)
Kazan, Russia
Political partyOVR
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch/serviceSoviet Army
Years of service1957-1988
Rank Polkovnik (Colonel)

Fandas Shakirovich Safiullin (Russian: Фандас Шакирович Сафиуллин, 17 August 1936 – 10 October 2021) was a Russian politician.[1] A member of the Fatherland – All Russia party, he served in the Third State Duma from 1999 to 2003.[2] As an ethnic Tatar, Safiullin fought for the rights of his people; for example, the right to use the Latin alphabet instead of the Cyrillic one.

In 1970, he graduated from the Belarusian State University, having already been a member of the Soviet Army since 1957.[3] In 1990, he was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Tatar ASSR, and in 1995 to its successor body, the State Council. On August 30, 1990, he proclaimed the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Tatarstan,[4] which was passed by the Supreme Soviet and signed by its Chairman, Mintimer Shaimiev, who would later become Tatarstan's president.

Safiullin died from COVID-19 in October 2021.[5] The death of Safiullin was, according to poet Razil Valeev, "a great loss to the people and the nation".[4][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Умер известный татарстанский политик Фандас Сафиуллин". Idel.Реалии (in Russian). 10 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Состав Государственной Думы третьего созыва". duma.gov.ru (in Russian).
  3. ^ "SAFIULLIN, Fandas Shakirovich". Gazeta of the Republic of Tatarstan. 11 October 2021. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b Coalson, Robert (2021). "Putin's Power Play? Tatarstan Activists Say Loss Of 'President' Title Would Be An Existential Blow". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
  5. ^ "Фандас Сафиуллин попал в реанимацию РКБ". 5 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Умер известный татарстанский политик Фандас Сафиуллин". 10 October 2021.
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