Ravil Geniatulin

Ravil Faritovich Geniatulin (Russian: Рави́ль Фари́тович Гениату́лин; Tatar: Равил Фәрит улы Гыйниятуллин, romanized: Rawil Fərit uğlı Ğiniətullin; born 20 December 1955 in Chita) was the Governor of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, an office he held from 1 February 1996 to 2 March 2013.

Ravil Geniatulin was born in a mixed family, to Russian mother and Tatar father.

In October 2007 Geniatulin headed the regional list of the United Russia.

On 5 February 2008, he was elected by the majority of the deputies of both Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Okrug as the first Governor of Zabaykalsky Krai[1]—a new federal subject formed as a result of the merger of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug.

[2] He assumed this post on 1 March 2008 when the new federal subject officially came into existence.