Ramazan Gadzhimuradovich Abdulatipov (Avar: Рамазан ХӀажимурадил ГӀабдулатӏипов; Russian: Рамаза́н Гаджимура́дович Абдулати́пов; born 4 August 1946) is a Russian politician and professor. He served as Head of the Republic of Dagestan from 28 January 2013 until his resignation effective 3 October 2017.
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Biography
From 1990–1993 he was Chairman of the Council of Nationalities, a chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR. In 1991 he was a candidate for Vice President of Russia. During the September–October crisis of 1993, he condemned president Yeltsin's decree dissolving the Congress of People's Deputies of Russia, and was one of the members of the Supreme Soviet delegation in talks with the pro-presidential side.
From May 2005 to 6 March 2009, Abdulatipov served as Ambassador of Russia to Tajikistan.
From 20 December 2018 - Special Representative of the Russian Federation to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Retired July 17, 2023.
Awards
Order of Friendship (1997)
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (2016)
Order of Alexander Nevsky (2017)
Order of Honour (Russia) (2011)
Order For Services to the Republic of Dagestan (2011)
Dostlug Order (2016)
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Publications
Photographed with Vladimir Putin at the State Historical Museum, 2015.
He is the author of a number of scholarly and journalistic articles published in journals such as Voprosy Filosofii(Problems of Philosophy), Voprosy istorii KPSS (Issues of the History of the CPSU), Dialog, as well as in local periodicals. He also wrote several monographs and books, including:
(with T. Yu. Burmistrova) The Constitution of the USSR and National Relations at the Present Stage. Moscow: Mysl, 1978. 134 p.
(with T. Yu. Burmistrova) Lenin’s Policy of Internationalism in the USSR: History and Contemporary Issues.Moscow: Mysl, 1982. 266 p.
Internationalism and the Spiritual and Moral Development of the Peoples of Dagestan. Makhachkala: Dagestani Book Publishing House, 1984. 79 p.
Way of Life. Ideology. Youth. Murmansk: Book Publishing House, 1987. 76 p.
The Nature and Paradoxes of the National "Self". Moscow: Mysl, 1991. 169 p.
Man, Nation, Society. Moscow: Politizdat, 1991. 224 p.
A Conspiracy Against the Nation: The National and the Nationalist in the Fate of Peoples. St. Petersburg: Lenizdat, 1992.
(with L. F. Boltenkova, Yu. F. Yarov) Federalism in the History of Russia. Books 1–3. Moscow, 1992–1993.
Power and Conscience: Politicians and Peoples in the Labyrinths of Troubled Times. Moscow: Slavyansky Dialog, 1994. 286 p.
(with L. F. Boltenkova) Experiments of Federalism. Moscow: Respublika, 1994.
Personal life
Abdulatipov is married to Inna Abdulatipova (née Kalinina). It was reported that in 2014, their income amounted to almost 3,9 million rubles. They owned three land plots, three country houses, and half of a 100-square-meters apartment.
The Abdulatipovs have two sons and a daughter.
Abdulatipov has a brother, Rajab. From 2006 to 2016, he was the head of the migration service in the Republic of Dagestan. Since September 2016, Rajab Abdulatipov worked as a deputy of the People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan. Also, he was a chairman of the republican Committee of Education, Science and Culture. Rajab Abdulatipov was detained in September 2018 for collaborating with a criminal organization.