Ilsur Metshin
{{Short description|Tatar politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ilsur Metshin
| native_name = {{nobold|Ильсур Метшин}}
| image = Minnikhanov, Kadyrov (2022-06-10) 06.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2022
| office = 47th Mayor of Kazan
| term_start = November 17, 2005
| term_end =
| predecessor = Kamil Iskhakov
| successor =
| office2 = Member of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan
| term_start2 = 2000
| term_end2 = 2004
| office3 = Chairman of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities
| term_start3 = 2019
| term_end3 =
| office4 = President of the United Cities and Local Governments
| term_start4 = 2021
| term_end4 =
| party = United Russia
| birth_name = Ilsur Raisovich Metshin
| birth_date = {{b-da|April 24, 1969}}
| birth_place = Nizhnekamsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| alma_mater = Kazan State University
| website = {{Official website|http://metshin.com/en/}}
| awards = {{Order_"For_Merit_to_the_Fatherland"}}
}}
Ilsur Raisovich Metshin ({{langx|ru|Ильсур Раисович Метшин}}; {{langx|tt-Cyrl|Илсур Рәис улы Метшин}}; born April 24, 1969) is a Russian politician of Tatar descent. He has served as the mayor of Kazan since 2005.
Career
Ilsur Metshin was born in Nizhnekamsk in 1969.
From 1993, he worked in Kazan as a politician. From 1998, he was the mayor of Nizhnekamsk and Nizhnekamsky District and chairman of the Nizhnekamsk Council. From November 17, 2005, he was the mayor of Kazan,{{cite web | url = http://government.ru/eng/russia/16/ | title = Republic of Tatarstan | access-date = 2010-11-01 | publisher = Government of the Russian Federation | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100607110829/http://government.ru/eng/russia/16/ | archive-date = June 7, 2010 | df = mdy-all }} replacing Kamil Iskhakov. On September 4, 2015, he was selected as the new president of FC Rubin Kazan.{{cite web|publisher=FC Rubin Kazan|url=http://www.rubin-kazan.ru/news_items/4656-izbran-novyy-prezident-fk-rubin|script-title=ru:Избран новый президент ФК «Рубин»|date=September 4, 2015|language=Russian|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143835/http://www.rubin-kazan.ru/news_items/4656-izbran-novyy-prezident-fk-rubin|archive-date=September 7, 2015|df=mdy-all}}
He was elected chairman of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities at the UCLG World Congress 2019 in Durban.{{cite web|publisher=Earth Negotiations Bulletin|url=https://enb.iisd.org/events/world-congress-united-cities-and-local-governments-and-world-summit-local-and-regional-4|title=Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan, Russian Federation (right), elected as Chairperson of the UN Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA)|date=November 15, 2019|language=English}} On November 17, 2021 he was elected as the governing president of the United Cities and Local Governments at the 2021 UCLG World Council in Barcelona.{{cite web|publisher=Earth Negotiations Bulletin|url=https://enb.iisd.org/uclg-world-council-2021-summary|title=Summary report, 17–18 November 2021 UCLG World Council & World Forum of Regions|date=November 18, 2021|language=English}}[https://mobile.twitter.com/uclg_org/status/1461065387064373253 UCLG Twitter: Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan, takes on the role of governing President of UCLG]
References
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External links
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- [http://metshin.com/en/ Official personal website]
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{{succession box | title=Mayor of Kazan|before= Kamil İsxaqov | after= |years=November 17, 2005 – }}
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Category:Politicians from Kazan