Sergey Melikov | |
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Сергей Меликов | |
5th Head of the Republic of Dagestan | |
Assumed office 5 October 2020 Acting until 14 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Vladimir Vasilyev |
Senator from Stavropol Krai | |
In office 27 September 2019 – 5 October 2020 | |
Preceded by | Mikhail Afanasov |
Succeeded by | Mikhail Afanasov |
First Deputy Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russia - Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of the Russia | |
In office 28 June 2016 – 27 September 2019 | |
Succeeded by | Viktor Strigunov |
Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District | |
In office 12 May 2012 – 28 June 2016 | |
President | Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Alexander Khloponin |
Succeeded by | Oleg Belaventsev |
Personal details | |
Born | Sergey Alimovich Melikov 12 September 1965 Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Political party | Independent |
Sergey Alimovich Melikov (Russian: Сергей Алимович Меликов, Lezgian: Меликов Сергей Алим хва; born 12 September 1965), is a Russian statesman and military leader, who has served as the 5th Head of the Republic of Dagestan since 14 October 2021.[1][2]
Melikov was a Senator from Stavropol Krai, from 2019 to 2020.[3] He was First Deputy Director of the Federal Service of the Russian National Guard, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian National Guard troops from 2016 to 2019. Melikov was also the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the North Caucasian Federal District from 2014 to 2016.
Melikov has the military rank of Colonel General and the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[4]