Shakhray Sergey Mikhailovich: biography, career, activity

A bright Russian politician and prominent statesman Shakhray Sergey Mikhailovich comes from a kind of hereditary Terek Cossacks who settled along the banks of the Terek River and served Russia faithfully since the 16th century. He was born on April 30, 1956 in Simferopol, in the family of a military pilot, after an accident and in view of the reduction of the armed forces of Soldatskaya who returned to his native village and for a long time headed the collective farm.

Years of Learning the Future of Politics

After graduating with a gold medal in high school, he became a student of the law faculty of Rostov University and, graduating with honors in the specialty of "gosudarstvennost", entered in 1978 in postgraduate study. Four years later, Shahrai defended his thesis and was awarded the title of candidate of jurisprudence. On the next scientific level, he rose already in 2005 in the city on the Neva, defending his doctoral dissertation. A year before, he received a diploma from the Financial Academy, created under the government of the Russian Federation.

Teaching and working as a consultant

Immediately after graduating from the graduate school, Shakhray Sergey Mikhailovich was engaged in teaching activities. Directly within the walls of Moscow State University he created a laboratory of legal informatics and cybernetics, which he directed until 1990. In 1991 he received an invitation as a consultant to take part in the work of one of the committees of the government of the USSR. Within the framework of the duties assigned to him, Shahrai supervised the creation of an electronic counting system for voting and developed the legal component of its algorithm. This development was successfully used during subsequent meetings.

The beginning of the ascent

His political career began in January 1990, becoming a member of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR as a deputy representing the voters of one of the metropolitan districts. In this structure he headed the Committee on Legislation. Since then, his career has gone up steeply.

After a short time, he becomes deputy prime minister, overseeing the work of the State Committee for National Policy, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Security. One of the most important moments of his state activity of that period is participation in the preparation of documents that preceded the creation of the Union of Independent States and the Federal Treaty.

Leaving in 1992 a post of vice-premier, he heads for a while the temporary administration in the territory where the Ossetian-Ingush conflict broke out, and then receives the post of vice-premier. Not surprisingly, when the vacancy of the head of the Committee on National Policy opened , the best candidate for her replacement was recognized Shakhray Sergey Mikhailovich. Nationality and belonging to one or another ethnic group, unfortunately, often became the cause of the clashes.

Election to the State Duma

The following period was very significant for Sergei Mikhailovich. In 1993, he became a deputy to the first Russian State Duma, and in 1995 - the second. As a member of the highest legislative body of the country, Shahrai participated in the work of several of his most important deputy groups and was a member of the committee that worked on developing the rules of the State Duma, and also performed a number of other duties.

In December 1996 Shakhray Sergey Mikhailovich, whose biography is inextricably linked with all the most important events of the period of the formation of a democratic state in the post-Soviet space, becomes a member of the Constitutional Court as a representative of the head of state. In addition, in the presidential administration, he serves as deputy head. In the years when the Russian government was headed by EM Primakov, Shakhrai was his adviser on legislation and regional policy.

Work in the Accounting Chamber and the trial of the CPSU

In 2000, Shakhray Sergey Mikhailovich, a politician of a new democratic warehouse, was hired to the Accounts Chamber and, despite being extremely busy, continued his teaching career as a professor at MGIMO. One of the most striking episodes of the early 1990s was the Constitutional Court, in which Shahrai participated.

Sergei Mikhailovich was engaged in the consideration of legislative acts on the cessation of the activities of the Communist Party. His undoubted merit is that, having managed to demonstrate the unlawfulness of usurpation of power in the country by one particular party, he nevertheless did not allow to turn the proceedings of her activity into the next Nuremberg trial.

The highest place in the rating of Russian politicians

In 1993, among the diversity of political parties in Russia, there appeared one more - PRES, whose founder was Shakhray Sergey Mikhailovich. The policy pursued by her was focused mainly on conservatism and centralism when a combination of local government and federalism. She had a significant success in the December 1993 elections, when she managed to win 6.8% of the vote, and her representatives, who got 33 seats - to create one of the most influential factions.

In the same year, a new Russian Constitution was born. Among other leading lawyers Shahrai participated in its development. Sergei Mikhailovich on the overall results of the year topped the rating of leading politicians in Russia. The following year, when on the basis of the idea of civil reconciliation put forward by him, a process of political amnesty for participants of well-known events that took place in the fall of 1993 was carried out, he became one of the most active of his performers. Everything that happened at the walls of the White House, Shahrai characterized as an element of the civil war and a national tragedy.

The problems connected with the Chechen war

The next year Shakhrai Sergey Mikhailovich for a number of reasons interrupts his work as Minister for Nationalities Affairs. Many commentators explain this by the difference in his approach to the events of the Chechen war and the demands made by the country's leadership. In their opinion, Sergei Mikhailovich was a supporter of negotiations and compromises that allowed to avoid unnecessary bloodshed, whereas he was required to take more stringent measures.

Active political life

In subsequent years, Honored Lawyer of Russia Shahray Sergey Mikhailovich held a number of prominent government posts, among which, in addition to the activities in the Accounting Chamber, mention should be made of membership in the Board of Directors of Gazprom-Media. Also in his track record are the posts of deputy chairman and executive secretary of the Russian Union of Taxpayers, the president of the National Badminton Federation, a member of the Presidential Council on Physical Education and Sports and a number of other responsible posts. In 2009, Shahrai was appointed a member of the interdepartmental commission for education.

Family life of a prominent politician

There are people who have the ability to combine state affairs with cares about the house. Shahrai also belongs to them. Sergei Mikhailovich, his wife Tatyana Yurievna and sons Sergei, Mikhail, and daughter Maria - is a really strong family. All children received an excellent education. The senior of them, Sergei, heads the inspection on housing issues in one of the Russian regions.

And now Shakhray Sergey Mikhailovich, whose photo is presented in this article, is full of strength and readiness to serve Russia, giving her his energy and experience. There is no doubt that he has a worthy place in the galaxy of politicians who have ensured the transition of Russia from a totalitarian state to a democratic one. Despite all the difficulties experienced by our country today, the merit of these people is undeniable.