Shamil Zainalov

Shamil Magomedovich Zainalov (Шамиль Магомедович Зайналов; born 14 November 1946) is a Russian politician who served as the prime minister of Dagestan from 2006 to 2010. Previously, he served as a senator from Dagestan from 2001 to 2006.

Career
Shamil Zainalov was born on 14 November 1946 in Khasavyurt, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He is Kumyk by ethnicity. Zainalov graduated from the Dagestan State University and after that worked as the chief architect of Khasavyurt. Later, he was appointed the head of the Khasavyurt city administration. From 1998 to 2001, he served as Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Dagestan. From 2001 to 2006, he served as senator from Dagestan. He left this position to become the new prime minister of Dagestan.