Aslan Tkhakushinov

Former Adyghe President

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Аслан Тхакушинов
ТхьакIущынэ Аслъан

Tkhakushinov in 2014

3rd Head of the Republic of AdygeaIn office
13 January 2007 – 12 January 2017Prime MinisterVladimir SamozhenkovPreceded byHazret SovmenSucceeded byMurat Kumpilov Personal detailsBorn (1947-12-07) December 7, 1947 (age 76)
Krasnodar Region, RSFSR, USSRNationalityAdyghePolitical partyUnited RussiaSpouseLyudmila Ramazanovna TkhakushinovaProfessionRussian TeacherAwards

Order of Merit for the Fatherland

Order of Honour (Russian Federation)

Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation

Aslan(cheriy) Kitovich Tkhakushinov (Russian: Асланчерий Китович Тхакушинов; Adyghe: ТхьакIущынэ Аслъан Кытэ ыкъор, romanized: Thak’uşınə Astlan Kıtə ıqor [tħaːkʷʼəɕəna aːsɬaːn kəta əqʷar]; born July 12, 1947) is the former Head of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, and is an ethnic Adyghe.

Tkhakushinov was born in the aul of Ulyap in Krasnogvardeysky District and graduated in 1971 from the Adyghean State Pedagogical University. He obtained a degree in Sociology from the same university in 1977. He worked at the Maykop State Technical University from 1983 to 2006 becoming president of the university in 1994.

He was a deputy on Maykop City Council from 1981 to 1990. He was elected to the legislature of Adygea in 1990.

Tkhakushinov is active in meeting with the members of the Circassians diasporas, and trying to solve the problem of the Circassians compatriots living abroad. In December 2010, he issued a decree to elaborate a program to help resettling the compatriots living in diaspora, whom want to return voluntarily to the motherland.^[1]

Tkhakushinov visited different countries with an effective Circassians diasporas, such as his visit to Jordan in 1997.^[2]^[3]^[4]

On 12 January 2017, Tkhakushinov left his post as the republics president. Russian president Vladimir Putin, appointed Murat Kumpilov as the acting head of the Republic of Adygea.^[5]

He is married and has a son.

References

^ Via NatPress (Russian Language)
^ Via the Official Website of King Abdullah II Archived June 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ http://visualrian.com/images/item/144617^{[permanent dead link]} Via Rian
^ Via the Prime Ministry Official Website of Jordan
^ "Мурат Кумпилов назначен временно исполняющим обязанности Главы Адыгеи". Kremlin.ru. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

External links

Official website of the Republic of Adygea. Aslan Kitovich Tkhakushinov (in Russian)
Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Владимир Путин внес на рассмотрение Государственного Совета - Хасэ Адыгеи кандидатуру Асланчерия Тхакушинова для наделения его полномочиями главы республики (in Russian)

Heads of the Republic of Adygea