Irek Yalalov

Irek Yalalov
Ирек Ялалов
Russian Federation Senator
from Bashkortostan
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 September 2018
Serving with Lilia Gumerova
Preceded byRafail Zinurov
5th Mayor of Ufa
In office
3 December 2011[a] – 27 September 2018
Preceded byPavel Kachkayev
Succeeded byUlfat Mustafin
Bashkortostan Minister of Housing and Communal Services
In office
2010–2011
Deputy Mayor of Ufa
In office
2009–2010
Personal details
Born (1961-01-27) 27 January 1961 (age 63)
Ufa, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Bashkortostan, Russia)
Political partyUnited Russia

Irek Ishmukhametovich Yalalov (Bashkir: Ирек Ишмөхәмәт улы Ялалов, Russian: Ирек Ишмухаметович Ялалов; born 27 January 1961) is a Russian politician who serves as Russian Federation Senator from Bashkortostan since 2018.[1] Yalalov served as Mayor of Ufa from 2012 to 2018 and Minister of Housing and Communal Services of Bashkortostan from 2010 to 2011. Prior to that, he was a local politician.

Biography

Irek Yalalov was born in Ufa on 27 January 1961 to an ethnic Bashkir family.[2] He is married and has two children.

Yalalov became acting Mayor of Ufa in 2011 and took over the position on a permanent basis in 2012.[3] As Mayor, he was praised for an improvement in some infrastructure, improving the condition of the city's most notable park, helping increase investments in the city and introducing bike lanes on roads. However, he was criticised for failing to ensure snow was removed from roads (and simultaneously arguing against the use of studded tires arguing they asphalt concrete), poor responses to flooding, the closing of most trolleybus routes due to a lack of funding and not engaging with grassroots activists.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

On 29 September 2018, Yalalov was appointed member of the Federation Council from his republic by the State Assembly.[12]

Yalalov is a member of the ruling United Russia party. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was placed on the United Kingdom's sanction list.[13]

Notes

  1. ^ Acting until 18 January 2012.

References

  1. ^ "Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  2. ^ "Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  3. ^ "Ирек Ялалов назначен мэром Уфы" [Irek Yalalov appointed mayor of Ufa]. ufa1.ru (in Russian). 2012-01-18.
  4. ^ "Этой зимой в Уфе не будут вывозить снег". ufa1.ru (in Russian). 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  5. ^ "В Уфе близость власти и бизнеса стала критической". ufa.mk.ru (in Russian). 21 April 2017. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  6. ^ Карина МАМАЕВА (2017-07-04). "Ирек Ялалов объяснил, почему Уфу затопило во время последнего ливня". Prufy.ru | Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  7. ^ Рамиль РАХМАТОВ (2017-02-28). "Кто "заказал" мэра Уфы Ирека Ялалова: мнения экспертов". Prufy.ru | Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  8. ^ "Мэр Уфы Ялалов ушел в отставку" [Mayor of Ufa Yalalov resigned]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 2018-09-27.
  9. ^ "Мэр Уфы призывает отказаться от использования шипованной резины в городе".
  10. ^ "Прощаясь с мэром Уфы Иреком Ялаловым — Реальное время".
  11. ^ https://gtrk.tv/novosti/48163-ufimskie-mikrorayony-sipaylovo-zaton-perestali-ezdit-trolleybusy
  12. ^ "Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  13. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.