Mustafa Batdyyev

Mustafa Batdyyev Мустафа Батдыев
2nd President of Karachay-Cherkessia
In office 4 September 2003 – 4 September 2008
Preceded by	Vladimir Magomedovich Semenov
Succeeded by	Boris Ebzeyev
Personal details
Born	December 24, 1950 (1950-12-24) (age 60) South Kazakhstan Province, Kazakh SSR, USSR
Nationality	Karachay
Political party	Non-Partisan
Profession	Economist
Religion	Sunni Islam

Dr. Mustafa Azret-Aliyevich Batdyyev (Russian: Мустафа Азрет-Алиевич Батдыев, Karachay-Balkar: Батдыланы Азрет-Алийни джашы Мустафа) (born December 24, 1950) is a Russian politician of Karachay ethnicity, who was the second president of Karachay-Cherkessia, serving from 2003 to 2008.

Biography

Mustafa Batdyyev was born to an ethnic Karachay family in Kazakhstan; his family repatriated in 1957.^[1] Mustafa Batdyyev finished a boarding school in Cherkessk and served in the Soviet Army from 1970 to 1972. In 1978 he was graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University and in 1981 he got his doctorate there.^[1] Batdyyev is married and has two children.

Governmental career

After his studies, Mustafa Batdyyev returned to Karachay-Cherkessia where from 1981 to 1986 he worked as an economist in the "Rodina" kolkhoz. From 1986 to 1992 he successfully headed the Economics Department of the Oblast Communist Commettee. 1992 to 1997 Mustafa Batdyyev worked in the Government of Karachay-Cherkessia dealing with economic affairs.^[1] In 1997 Mustafa Batdyyev was appointed as a chairman of the National Bank of Karachay-Cherkessia which was recognized as the best in Russian Federation. On August 31, 2003 Mustafa Batdyyev defeated the first president of Karachay-Cherkessia, Vladimir Magomedovich Semenov, in the presidential elections. In the summer of 2008, Batdyyev was replaced as president of Karachay-Cherkessia by Boris Ebzeyev, who was appointed by Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev.^[2]

Controversy

In November 2004, following the brutal killing of seven businessmen, Batdyyev's son-in-law was convicted for organizing the murders.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Kavkazskii Uzel. "Batdyyev Mustafa Azret-Aliyevich". http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/persontext/person/id/1176604.html. Retrieved 2010-02-11. 
2. ^ Kavkazskii Uzel. "Ebzeyev Boris Safarovich". http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/persontext/person/id/1226361.html. Retrieved 2010-02-11. 
3. ^ "Regions and territories: Karachay-Cherkessia". BBC News. January 19, 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/5381570.stm. 

Persondata
Name	Batdyyev, Mustafa
Alternative names
Short description	President of Karachay-Cherkessia
Date of birth	December 24, 1950
Place of birth	South Kazakhstan Province, Kazakh SSR, USSR
Date of death
Place of death