Rifat Shaykhutdinov

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Gabdulkhakovich and the family name is Shaykhutdinov.

Rifat Gabdulkhakovich Shaykhutdinov (Russian: Рифат Габдулхакович Шайхутдинов; born December 23, 1963) is a Russian politician. He currently serves as a member of the State Duma and the Chairman of the State Duma's Committee on Relations with CIS States and Compatriots, and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma's Committee on Power, Transport and Telecommunications. From 1992 to 1997 he was director of the Center for Experts in the Ministry of State Property in the Northwest Region.^[1]

Rifat Shaykhutdinov Member of Parliament
Рифат Шайхутдинов
Shaykhutdinov in 2018
Leader of the Civic Platform
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 April 2015
Preceded by	Mikhail Prokhorov
Member of the State Duma for Bashkortostan
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 October 2016
Preceded by	constituency established
Constituency	Neftekamsk (No. 6)
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office 29 December 2003 – 21 December 2011
Personal details
Born	Rifat Gabdulkhakovich Shaykhutdinov (1963-12-23) 23 December 1963 (age 61) Okha, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party (2003–2012) Civic Platform (2012–present)
Spouse	Guzel Ismagilova
Children	6

An ethnic Tatar, Shaykhutdinov is a deputy for the Urals Federal District. He is also an author of a novel Political hunting that contains his works in relation to the political analysis of the social and political situation in Russia as well as worldwide. Shaykhutdinov is a father of two children, Anna (born in 1989) and Rod (born in 1992).