Ilyas Magomed-Salamovich Umakhanov (Russian: Ильяс Магомед-Саламович Умаханов; born 27 March 1957), is a Russian politician, who was the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council from 2010 to 2021, and serves as a senator of the executive power of the Republic of Dagestan since 2001.
In 1987, he defended at Moscow State University a dissertation for the degree of candidate of philosophical sciences.[2]
In the early 1990s, he was president of JSC "Center for International Cooperation", then chairman of the board of directors of the Russian-Arab University.[4]
In December 1993, Umakhanov ran for the State Duma in a single-mandate district. From 1994 to 1995, he headed the Irdag Investment and Industrial Corporation in Makhachkala.[4]
In March 1998, Umakhanov was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Dagestan.[3] He supervised the economy, religion and interethnic relations.[4]
In April 1998, a car was blown up in Makhachkala near Umakhanov's service Volga. Umakhanov was uninjured. In March 2000, Umakhanov's car was fired upon from a grenade launcher.[4]
On 29 November 2001, Umakhanov became a senator, representing Dagestan on executive authority in the Federation Council. In February 2010, deputies of the People's Assembly extended his term of office in the Federation Council.[4]
From December 2010 to 17 March 2021, he was Vice Speaker of the Federation Council.[5][6]
He is a member of the Interdepartmental Commission of the Russian Federation for the Affairs of the Council of Europe, the Public Council of the North Caucasian Federal District, and the Commission on Religious Associations under the Government of Russia. He is a hajj commissioner.[2]
He is the president of the Russian Committee for Solidarity and Cooperation with the Peoples of Asia and Africa.
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