Ilsur Metshin

Ilsur Raisovich Metshin (Russian: Ильсур Раисович Метшин; Tatar: Илсур Рәис улы Метшин; born April 24, 1969) is a Russian politician of Tatar descent. He has served as the mayor of Kazan since 2005.

Ilsur Metshin
Ильсур Метшин
Official portrait, 2022
47th Mayor of Kazan
Incumbent
Assumed office November 17, 2005
Preceded by	Kamil Iskhakov
Member of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan
In office 2000–2004
Chairman of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
President of the United Cities and Local Governments
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Personal details
Born	Ilsur Raisovich Metshin April 24, 1969 (1969-04-24) (age 56) Nizhnekamsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	United Russia
Alma mater	Kazan State University
Awards
Website	Official website

Career

Ilsur Metshin was born in Nizhnekamsk in 1969.

From 1993, he worked in Kazan as a politician. From 1998, he was the mayor of Nizhnekamsk and Nizhnekamsky District and chairman of the Nizhnekamsk Council. From November 17, 2005, he was the mayor of Kazan,^[1] replacing Kamil Iskhakov. On September 4, 2015, he was selected as the new president of FC Rubin Kazan.^[2]

He was elected chairman of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities at the UCLG World Congress 2019 in Durban.^[3] On November 17, 2021 he was elected as the governing president of the United Cities and Local Governments at the 2021 UCLG World Council in Barcelona.^[4][5]