Sergey Melikov

Sergey Melikov
Сергей Меликов
Official portrait, 2014
5th Head of the Republic of Dagestan
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 October 2020 Acting until 14 October 2021
Preceded by	Vladimir Vasilyev
Russian Federation Senator from Stavropol Krai
In office 27 September 2019 – 5 October 2020
Preceded by	Mikhail Afanasov
Succeeded by	Mikhail Afanasov
First Deputy Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russia - Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of the Russia
In office 28 June 2016 – 27 September 2019
Succeeded by	Viktor Strigunov
Plenipotentiary Representative of the North Caucasus Federal District
In office 12 May 2012 – 28 June 2016
Preceded by	Alexander Khloponin
Succeeded by	Oleg Belaventsev
Personal details
Born	Sergey Alimovich Melikov (1965-09-12) 12 September 1965 (age 58) Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Independent

Sergey Alimovich Melikov (Russian: Сергей Алимович Меликов, Lezgian: Меликов Сергей Алим хва; born 12 September 1965), is a Russian statesman and military leader, who has served as the 5th Head of the Republic of Dagestan since 14 October 2021.^[1][2]

Melikov was a Senator from Stavropol Krai, from 2019 to 2020.^[3] He was First Deputy Director of the Federal Service of the Russian National Guard, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian National Guard troops from 2016 to 2019. Melikov was also the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the North Caucasian Federal District from 2014 to 2016.

Melikov has the military rank of Colonel General and the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.^[4]