Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Apr 5, 1962(1962-04-05)
Age	62
Birthplace	Elista
Country	Russia
Birth City	Kalmykia
Horoscope	Aries

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Biography

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on April 5, 1962 in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia.

Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (Russian: Кирса́н Никола́евич Илюмжи́нов , [kʲɪrˈsan nʲɪkɐˈlaj(ɪ)vʲɪt͡ɕ ɪlʲʉmˈʑinəf] ; Kalmyk: Үлмҗин Кирсән, Ülmcin Kirsən, [yləmˈd͡ʒiːŋ cirˈsæːŋ] , Mongolian: Үлэмжийн Хярсан , romanized: Ülemjiin Khyarsan, [ʊɮəmˈd͡ʒiːŋ xirˈsɑŋ] ; born April 5, 1962) is a Russian businessman and politician. He was the President of the Republic of Kalmykia in the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2010, and was president of FIDE, the international governing body for the game of chess, from 1995 to 2018. He has also been in the forefront of promoting chess in schools in Russia and overseas. He is the founder of Novy Vzglyad publishing house.

On April 12, 1993, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was elected as the first president of the Republic of Kalmykia, and remained president until 2010. Soon after his election, Ilyumzhinov introduced presidential rule, concentrating power in his own hands. He called early elections on October 15, 1995 and was re-elected unopposed—this time for a 7-year term. He won re-election in 2002. Ilyumzhinov’s election platform for the presidency of Kalmykia included promising voters $100 each and a mobile phone for every shepherd—much of the population of Kalmykia living from agriculture. He once campaigned under the slogan “a wealthy president is a safeguard against corruption.” He also pledged to introduce what he called an “economic dictatorship” in the republic, as well as to continue to promote chess in Kalmykia, in Russia and to the wider world. After his re-election in 1995, Ilyumzhinov reportedly told a journalist from the Russian daily Izvestia, “Irrespective of what I tell people, I give them instructions on a subconscious level, a code. I do the same thing when I communicate with Russian citizens from other regions. I am creating around the republic a kind of extra-sensory field and it helps us a lot in our projects.”

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Net Worth

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is one of the richest Businessperson from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ilyumzhinov was born in Elista, Kalmykia. His parents were subject to the Kalmyk deportations of 1943 when the entire Kalmyk population was deported to Siberia – Kirsan’s own family had an impeccable record fighting the Germans (he was named after a great-uncle who served in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War and committed suicide after having been ordered to execute large numbers of captured Whites). He grew up in Elista, after the Kalmyks were allowed to return following Stalin’s death. From a young age he became interested in chess, and he won the Kalmykian national chess championship in 1976 at the age of 14. From 1979 to 1980 Ilyumzhinov worked as a mechanic- fitter at the Zvezda plant in Elista. After serving two years with the Soviet Army, he returned to the plant as a mechanic for a year, and then studied at the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations from 1983 to 1989. Between 1989 and 1990 he was a sales manager for the Soviet-Japanese automobile company “Liko-Raduga” in Moscow, and from 1990 until 1993 he was President of SAN Corporation in Moscow. Ilyumzhinov acquired his wealth with the emergence of the private sector which followed the collapse of the USSR. Kirsan is married to Danara Ilyumzhinova (née Davashkina) and they have one son, David. Ilyumzhinov also has two brothers, Sanal and Vyacheslav.

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Who is Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Dating?

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In the summer of 1998, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced his possible candidacy for the Russian presidency. This coincided with Anatoly Karpov being critical of the annual knockout FIDE world title system. Karpov argued that his contract with FIDE stipulated that the winner of the 1998 Karpov-Anand match would hold the title for two years. Karpov’s successful advocacy of his rights led to the cancellation of a planned world title knockout series in Las Vegas, Nevada, later in that year. Since Karpov had an unsuccessful year, apart from his match against Anand, and he was unable to resist the plan that he would have to enter this knockout, whenever it came to be organized, at a far earlier stage.

Facts & Trivia

Sham Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov celebrates birthday on April 5 of every year.

On June 2, 2006, Ilyumzhinov was re-elected as FIDE President by a margin of 96–54 against his opponent Bessel Kok. In an October 2006 Wall Street Journal article Garry Kasparov, who backed a rival to Ilyumzhinov, criticized Ilyumzhinov FIDE’s leadership stating: “(Ilyumzhinov) has created a vertical column of power that would be familiar to any observer of Russia today.” Nigel Short, the British grandmaster who also supported Kirsan’s rival for the leadership of FIDE, joined Kasparov’s misgivings at Ilyumzhinov’s victory.

Top Facts about Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

1. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was the President of Kalmykia from 1993-2010.
2. He became the President of FIDE (World Chess Federation) in 1995.
3. Ilyumzhinov claims to have been abducted by aliens in 1997.
4. He is a controversial figure due to his alleged ties to the Kremlin.
5. In 2018, he was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department for supporting Assad’s regime in Syria.
6. Ilyumzhinov has been banned from entering Ukraine since 2016.
7. He is known for promoting chess as an educational tool worldwide.
8. Ilyumzhinov is a wealthy businessman with interests in various industries.
9. He has been accused of corruption and embezzlement during his time as Kalmykia’s president.
10. Despite controversies, he remains influential in Russian politics and sports governance circles.