Murat Kumpilov

Murat Karalbiyevich Kumpilov (Adyghe: КъумпӀылэ Мурат, romanized: Qump'ılə Murat; Russian: Мурат Каральбиевич Кумпилов; born on 27 February 1973) is a Russian politician and economist serving as Head of the Republic of Adygea since 12 January 2017.

Murat Kumpilov was born in the village of Ulyap of the Krasnogvardeysky District in the Adyghe Autonomous Oblast on 27 February 1973.

In 1994, three years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kumpilov graduated from Rostov Institute of National Economy with a degree in "Economics and entrepreneurship".

In the same year, he was made Chief Auditor-Controller of the Krasnogvardeisky Office of the Federal Treasury of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Adygea.

On 12 January 2017, after Aslan Tkhakushinov left his post, Russian president Vladimir Putin, appointed Kumpilov as the acting head of the Republic of Adygea.