Ufa City Council elects new mayor

Source: Foreign Economic Relations Department

Irek I. Yalalov has been elected Head of Ufa City Municipal District Administration today. The decision has been adopted on the 47th session of Ufa City Council. Twenty-eight of twenty-nine attending deputies supported Yalalov’s candidacy, one deputy chose not to vote. The two other candidates who had got through to the final round of competition for the mayor’s post, Edward Murzin and Salavat Khusainov, did not find any supporters. While nine contenders laid claim to the post initially, only three of them succeeded in passing the examination held by an expert committee.

The ceremony of signing of a contract with the new head of city administration took place immediately after the vote. The document was signed by Irek Yalalov and chairman of Ufa City Council Irek Nigmatullin.

In his election speech Mr. Yalalov presented a program consisting of eight blocks which cover most pressing social and economic issues in Ufa’s life and offered potential solutions to these issues.

The event was attended by President of Bashkortostan Republic Rustem Khamitov, chairman of Republic's State Assembly (Kurultai) Konstantin Tolkachyov, former head of city administration Pavel Kachkaev, heads of administrations of Ufa's districts and other officials.

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