Hazret Sovmen

Hazret Sovmen
Хазрет Совмен
Шъоумэн Хьазрэт
Sovmen in 2001
2nd President of the Republic of Adygea
In office
8 February 2002 – 12 January 2007
Preceded byAslan Dzharimov
Succeeded byAslan Tkhakushinov
Personal details
Born (1937-05-01) 1 May 1937 (age 87)
Afipsip, Takhtamukaysky District, Adyghe AO, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
ProfessionBusinessman, professor
Awards Order of Merit for the Fatherland
Order of the Badge of Honour
Order of Honour and Glory of Abkhazia

Hazret Medzhidovich Sovmen (Adyghe: Шъэумэн Хьазрэт Меджидэ ыкъор [ʂawman ħaːzrat]; Russian: Хазре́т Меджи́дович Совмен; born 1 May 1937) was the second president of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, having succeeded Aslan Dzharimov at the post. Sovmen is a university professor from Maykop. Before becoming President, Hazret Sovmen had been a successful businessman (with links to Russian entrepreneurs in Siberia), having started off as a bulldozer driver in a gold mine in Chukotka.[1] He is the founder of Polyus Gold, Russia's leading gold-mining company.[2]