Filza Khamidullin
{{Short description|Russian economist and politician (1936–2022)}}
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| birth_name = Filza Garifovich Khamidullin
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1936|01|03}}
| birth_place = Kazan, Tatar ASSR, RSFSR, Soviet Union
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2022|01|05|1936|01|03}}
| death_place = Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
| nationality = Russian
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| office = Russian Federation Senator
from the Republic of Tatarstan
| term_start = 11 April 2003
| term_end = 11 May 2005
| predecessor = {{ill|Rafgat Altynbayev|ru|Алтынбаев, Рафгат Закиевич}}
| successor = {{ill|Ekzam Gubaydullin|ru|Губайдуллин, Экзам Саматович}}
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Filza Garifovich Khamidullin ({{langx|ru|Фильза Гарифович Хамидуллин}}; 3 January 1936 – 5 January 2022) was a Russian economist and politician.
Biography
He was born on January 3, 1936, in Kazan. In 1958, he graduated from the Kazan State Financial and Economic Institute, and later completed postgraduate studies at the Moscow Technological Institute of the Meat and Dairy Industry. Beginning in 1958, he worked as an instructor for the Tatar Regional Committee of the Komsomol (All-Union Leninist Young Communist League), and in 1958–1959, served as secretary of the Sovetsky District Committee of the Komsomol in Kazan.{{Cite web |title=Большая биографическая энциклопедия |url=http://biografii.niv.ru/doc/encyclopedia/biography/fc/slovar-213-3.htm}}
He taught at the Kazan State Financial and Economic Institute named after Kuibyshev (KGFEI), where he eventually became head of the Department of Sectoral Economics. From 1980 to 1990, he served as rector of the institute. He held a Doctor of Economic Sciences degree (since 1981), was a professor, and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan (since 2010). He also served as an advisor to the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan.{{Cite news |last=Бирин |first=Михаил |date=2016-08-07 |title=Фильза Хамидуллин: «По уровню зарплаты мы выглядим не очень» |url=https://www.business-gazeta.ru/article/319069 |work=Бизнес Online}}
From 1990 to 1995, he held the position of Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (TASSR), as well as Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Committee for Economy and Forecasting of the Republic of Tatarstan. In 1995, he was appointed State Advisor to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan on socio-economic issues.
By Presidential Decree of the Republic of Tatarstan No. UP-206 dated April 16, 1993, F. G. Khamidullin was included in the newly established Presidential Commission on State Prizes of the Republic of Tatarstan in the field of science and technology.{{cite web|date=1993-04-16|title= "Об учреждении Государственных премий Республики Татарстан в области науки и техники"|url= https://1997-2011.tatarstan.ru/index.html%40node_id=1734.html|website= Республика Татарстан. Архив официального сервера 1997-2011гг|access-date=2025-04-23}}
By resolution of the Federation Council dated April 23, 2003, the authority of F. G. Khamidullin as a member of the Federation Council — representative of the executive authority of the Republic of Tatarstan — was confirmed as of April 11, 2003.{{Cite web |date=2003-04-03 |title=Постановление о подтверждении начала полномочий члена Совета Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации Хамидуллина Фильзы Гарифовича |url=http://council.gov.ru/activity/documents/1580/ |website=Постановление № 111-СФ. Совет Федерации}}
From April 2003 to March 2004, he was a member of the Federation Council Committee on Budget and, from March 2004, served as Deputy Chairman of the Committee.{{Cite web |date=2005-05-11 |title=Постановление о представителе в Совете Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации от исполнительного органа государственной власти Республики Татарстан |url=http://council.gov.ru/activity/documents/3160/ |website=Постановление № 139-СФ. Совет Федерации}}
By resolution of the Federation Council dated May 11, 2005, Khamidullin’s powers were terminated.
Since 2006, he was a member of the Public Chamber of the Republic of Tatarstan and chaired the Commission on Economic Policy and Implementation of Priority Programs of the Republic of Tatarstan.
He passed away on January 5, 2022, in Kazan at the age of 86. President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, and the leadership of Kazan University expressed their condolences. The farewell ceremony took place at the building of the Academy of Sciences, and Khamidullin was buried at the Novo-Tatar Cemetery.{{Cite news |date=2022-01-05 |title=Рустам Минниханов выразил соболезнования в связи со смертью Фильзы Хамидуллина |url=https://www.tatar-inform.ru/news/rustam-minnixanov-vyrazil-soboleznovaniya-v-svyazi-so-smertyu-filzy-xamidullina-5849466 |work=Татар Информ}}{{Cite news |last=Каримов |first=Арсений |date=2022-01-06 |title=«Он стоял у истоков современного Татарстана»: в Казани простились с Фильзой Хамидуллиным |url=https://www.tatar-inform.ru/news/on-stoyal-u-istokov-sovremennogo-tatarstana-v-kazani-prostilis-s-filzoi-xamidullinym-5849501 |work=Татар Информ}}
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Category:20th-century Russian politicians
Category:Politicians from Kazan
Category:Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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