Fandas Safiullin

{{Short description|Russian politician (1936–2021)}}

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| name = Fandas Safiullin

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| birth_date = 17 August 1936

| birth_place = {{ill|Malbagush|ru|Мальбагуш}}, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|10|10|1936|08|17}}

| death_place = Kazan, Russia

| nationality = Russian

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| party = OVR

| office = Member of the State Duma

| term_start = 19 December 1999

| term_end = 29 December 2003

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| allegiance = {{flag|Soviet Union}}

| branch = Soviet Army

| serviceyears = 1957-1988

| rank = 34px Polkovnik (Colonel)

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Fandas Shakirovich Safiullin ({{langx|ru|Фандас Шакирович Сафиуллин}}, 17 August 1936 – 10 October 2021) was a Russian politician.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=10 October 2021|title=Умер известный татарстанский политик Фандас Сафиуллин|trans-title= |url=https://www.idelreal.org/a/31502021.html|language=Russian|work=Idel.Реалии|location= |access-date=17 October 2021}} A member of the Fatherland – All Russia party, he served in the Third State Duma from 1999 to 2003.{{cite web|url=http://duma.gov.ru/duma/deputies/3/|title=Состав Государственной Думы третьего созыва|work=duma.gov.ru|language=Russian}} As an ethnic Tatar, Safiullin fought for the rights of his people; for example, the right to use the Latin alphabet instead of the Cyrillic one.

In 1970, he graduated from the Belarusian State University, having already been a member of the Soviet Army since 1957.{{Cite web |date=11 October 2021 |title=SAFIULLIN, Fandas Shakirovich |url=https://rt-online.ru/p-span-style-color-000000-safiullin-fandas-shakirovich-span-p/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406183953/https://rt-online.ru/p-span-style-color-000000-safiullin-fandas-shakirovich-span-p/ |archive-date=6 April 2023 |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=Gazeta of the Republic of Tatarstan}} In 1990, he was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Tatar ASSR, and in 1995 to its successor body, the State Council. On August 30, 1990, he proclaimed the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Tatarstan, which was passed by the Supreme Soviet and signed by its Chairman, Mintimer Shaimiev, who would later become Tatarstan's president.

Safiullin died from COVID-19 in October 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-gazeta.ru/news/524658|title=Фандас Сафиуллин попал в реанимацию РКБ|date=5 October 2021 }} The death of Safiullin was, according to poet Razil Valeev, "a great loss to the people and the nation".{{Cite news|last=Coalson|first=Robert|date=2021|title=Putin's Power Play? Tatarstan Activists Say Loss Of 'President' Title Would Be An Existential Blow|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-tatarstan-president-federalism/31519341.html}}{{Cite web|title=Умер известный татарстанский политик Фандас Сафиуллин|date=10 October 2021 |url=https://www.idelreal.org/a/31502021.html}}