Zelimkhan Mutsoev is one of the old residents of the State Duma. He was first elected to the parliament as far back as 1999 and since then has always been involved in the work of the country's highest legislative body. Before the start of his political career, Zelimkhan Alikoevich was successfully engaged in business, becoming the owner of a solid set of shares in various large companies. In particular, for a long time he was chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Pervouralsk Novotrubny Plant.
The beginning of the way
The biography of Zelimkhan Mutsoev evolved in a very unusual way. He was born in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, in 1959. The father of the future billionaire worked as an inspector of criminal investigation, my mother worked in the library. When Zelimkhan was ten years old, his parents were not alive, and he had to become the head of the family, in which, apart from him, his younger brother and sister were listed.
According to Zelimkhan, he began to live independently, working and taking care of his loved ones. After leaving school, he worked at a construction site, driving a dump truck. In 1959 he was drafted into the army, where he conscientiously served the entire prescribed term.
In his youth, Zelimkhan Mutsoev was quite professional in sports, speaking at a serious level in athletics competitions, where metal is a hammer. After a back injury, he concentrated on other activities, however, the sport did not completely abandon, he enthusiastically played rugby.
Young cooperator
Entrepreneurial vein cut through Zelimkhan Alikoevich early enough, and he was lucky that he began his dizzying career at the time of the beginning of perestroika. Otherwise, he would have had to share the fate of numerous guilds convicted by harsh Soviet law for illegal entrepreneurial activity.
In 1987, he opened a small sewing workshop, where several wage laborers worked on the production of down jackets. At the end of the era of total deficit, Zelimkhan Mutsoev’s products were very popular, people instantly swept down jackets from the shelves.
The enterprise of a young Soviet businessman began to grow, branches appeared throughout the country - in Armenia, Ukraine, Georgia. Soon Zelimkhan Mutsoev moved to Moscow to head the Association of Foreign Economic Relations of Small and Medium Enterprises, which he created together with his partners.
Billionaire
After the collapse of the USSR, a native of Tbilisi rolled up his sleeves and set about creating his own business empire. There is very little information about the early years of modern times. Zelimkhan Alikoevich’s life path becomes clear after 1994, when he becomes the head of Amir Foreign Economic Company LLP. Since 1995, this company underwent a reorganization and became known as Amir-Impeks CJSC, however, Zelimkhan Mutsoev continued to be the general director.
By 1998, he had made a real breakthrough to the Urals, heading the Supervisory Board of Pervouralsky Novotrubny Zavod OJSC.
Zelimkhan Alikoevich’s business interests were not limited to one project; he successfully invested his financial resources in the assets of other major Russian companies. In particular, he is a co-owner of such corporations as Uralkali, Silvinit, in addition, he owns a network of cinemas Mori Cinema.
Politician
Photo of Zelimkhan Mutsoev rarely appears on the pages of magazines; he is not a frequent visitor to informational and journalistic talk shows, but he is a real mastodon of Russian politics. He first tried his hand as an elected representative in 1999, nominating himself for the State Duma from the Pervouralsky single-mandate constituency.
Despite the lack of support from major parties, he successfully conducted his election campaign and became a member of parliament, joining a group of self-nominated people. State Duma deputy Zelimkhan Mutsoev conscientiously treated his duties, worked as a member of the committee on industry, construction and high technology.
In 2003, he was again elected to the Duma, this time joining the ranks of United Russia. Already an experienced legislator, Zelimkhan Alikoevich receives the prestigious position of Deputy Committee on Foreign Affairs, becoming one of the most respected deputies. Since then, Mutsoev has been invariably elected to the State Duma, participates in the work of numerous committees and deputy groups, the development of a number of laws that affect our lives.
Scandals and rumors
In 2015, reports appeared on many news resources that a well-known politician and billionaire had disagreements with the leadership of the party in power. There was talk that for a long time he could not agree on his next nomination for the post of deputy from the Pervouralsky single-mandate constituency.
According to rumors, this conflict was closely related to the nationality of Zelimkhan Mutsoev, who had Kurdish roots. Allegedly, he was given the condition that he began to help the Kurdish groups in Syria, who fought against extremists, to provide them with financial support. A well-known politician is one of the hundred richest people in Russia with a fortune of more than one billion dollars.
