Biography
Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (born 5 April 1962) is a Russian oligarch, administrator and politician. He was President of the Republic of Kalmykia in the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2010, and was president of FIDE, the chess international governing body, from 1995 to 2018. He has also been in the forefront of promoting chess in schools in Russia and overseas. He is the founder of Novy Vzglyad publishing house.
He has been an honorary president of the former Kalmykian FC Uralan. Ilyumzhinov called his autobiography The President's Crown of Thorns. Chapter titles included "Without Me the People Are Incomplete" (a quote from a short story by Andrei Platonov), "I Become a Millionaire" and "It Only Takes Two Weeks to Have a Man Killed"—the latter being about the problems with rising crime in some parts of Russia.
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Dictator: One Crazy Job (2013)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1962-04-05 (62 years old)
Birth PlaceElista, Russia
ReligionBuddhism
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsKirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov, Кирса́н Никола́евич Илюмжи́нов, Кирса́н Илюмжи́нов, Kirsan Ilioumjinov
AwardsDostyk Order of grade I, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Russian government prize for science and technology, Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, Order of the White Lotus, Order of the Golden Fleece, Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy", Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan", Order of Friendship, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour, Order of the Polar Star, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude
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