First Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture
Iliyas Umakhanov

Born: March 27, 1957
Took office:29 November 2001
Term ends *: September 2026
Contacts
Phone: 8(495) 692-55-06 , 8(495) 986-60-51 , fax: 8(495) 692-55-06 , 8(495) 986-60-51
The address of the reception: Government House, Room 157, Lenina Square, Makhachkala, 367005
The phone and fax number of the reception: (872-2) 67-85-14, 67-32-68
Biography
Education:
1979 – Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (degree in international relations, foreign languages)
2001 – Dagestan State Institute of the National Economy (economics)
State awards:
1986 – Medal for Labour Valour
2003 – Order of Friendship
2008 – Order of Honour
2013 – Order for Service to the Motherland, 4th Class
Academic degrees:
PhD in Philosophy
Post before designation:
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Dagestan
Republic of Dagestan
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Iliyas Umakhanov: The Hajj will continue despite the sanctions
The Federation Council held an expanded meeting on the results of the 2022 Hajj.
Meeting between co-chairs of the Commission on Cooperation between the Federation Council and Uzbekistan’s Oliy Majlis Senate
The meeting was used to focus on plans for further developing and deepening inter-parliamentary ties, Iliyas Umakhanov said.