page_title: Rashid Nurgaliyev
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Rashid Nurgaliyev / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: “Days of Tatarstan's militia start in Kazan”. Federal Minister of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliyev, Chairman of Tatarstan's State Council Farid Mukhametshin, and Tatarstan's President Mintimer Shaimiyev, from left to right, during the opening of the Days of Tatarstan's militia in the Square of Kazan's Millennium. Русский: «Дни милиции Татарстана открылись в Казани». Министр внутренних дел РФ Рашид Нургалиев, предсдатель Госсовета Республики Татарстан Фарид Мухаметшин и президет Татарстана Минтимер Шаймиев (слева направо) на площади Тысячелетия в Казани во время открытия Дней милиции Татарстана. Россия, Казань, Республика Татарстан
context_page_description: Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev is a Russian general and politician who served as Russia's interior minister from 2003 to 2012.
context_section_description: From 1981 to 1995 he worked in the KGB Directorate of Karelia and its successor, Security Ministry of Karelia, in 1992-1994 led by Nikolai Patrushev.
  In 1995 he moved to Moscow and was appointed chief inspector of the Inspectorial Directorate of FSK (FSB) and head of a section of FSB Internal Security Department led by Nikolai Patrushev.
  In 2002 he became first deputy minister of interior of Russia. In 2003 he became minister of the MVD. He was removed from office on 21 May 2012 and Vladimir Kolokoltsev replaced him in the post. Two days after his dismissal he was made deputy secretary of the Security Council on 23 May.
  He holds the rank of Army General.
caption: Nurgaliyev (left) with Tatarstan's President Mintimer Shaimiyev, 2009
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