First Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture
Iliyas Umakhanov

Born: March 27, 1957
Took office:29 November 2001
Term ends *: September 2026
Contacts
Phone: 8(495) 692-55-06 , 8(495) 986-60-51 , fax: 8(495) 692-55-06 , 8(495) 986-60-51
The address of the reception: Government House, Room 157, Lenina Square, Makhachkala, 367005
The phone and fax number of the reception: (872-2) 67-85-14, 67-32-68
Biography
Education:
1979 – Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (degree in international relations, foreign languages)
2001 – Dagestan State Institute of the National Economy (economics)
State awards:
1986 – Medal for Labour Valour
2003 – Order of Friendship
2008 – Order of Honour
2013 – Order for Service to the Motherland, 4th Class
Academic degrees:
PhD in Philosophy
Post before designation:
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Dagestan
Republic of Dagestan
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Iliyas Umakhanov: Russia and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement on conditions for Russian pilgrims to perform Hajj in 2025
A delegation of the Federation Council took part in an international conference in Saudi Arabia on the experience of organising Hajj and Umrah.
Iliyas Umakhanov meets with Indonesian parliamentarians in Jakarta
The Senator was received by President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto.