Ilsur Metshin was elected to the General Council of "United Russia"

(Kazan City KZN.RU, 6 February). Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin joined General Council of the party "United Russia". The election of the supreme bodies of the party took place at the plenary session of the XV Congress of "United Russia", which is taking place these days in Moscow.

Recall, on the eve the chairman of the "United Russia", Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev met with the candidates to the Supreme and the General Council of the party. He said that in accordance with the Charter the Congress must hold the rotation of the party's leading bodies. "This is a very important procedure. According to the regulations of our party, at every congress 15% of the highest bodies of the party management need to be rotated. We missed one iteration, so this year, in accordance with the regulations of the Charter, we have to carry out the re-election of approximately one third of the heads of the supreme bodies of the party "United Russia", - Medvedev said.

Referring to the candidates to the Supreme and the General Council of the party, the chairman said that they "are not only professionals, each in his place, but people full of initiative and could add drive the life of the party". After the dialogue with the representatives of the delegations from the regions of the country Prime Minister recommended the approval of their candidacy, noting that the final decision rests with Congress.

XV Congress of the party "United Russia" was launched in Moscow on 5 February. The main theme of the Congress is the preparation for the upcoming pre-federal party vote to determine the nominees for the subsequent nomination of candidates for deputies of the State Duma of the seventh convocation. The congress is attended by delegations from every region of the country. Tatarstan delegation, which includes Ilsur Metshin, is headed by the Secretary of "United Russia", Chairman of State Council of RT Farid Mukhametshin.

The General Council shall be elected by the Congress party for 5 years by secret ballot and is a permanent governing collegial body. It consists of 170 people. The Council also includes public figures and entrepreneurs, among them - the TV presenter Peter Tolstoy, actor Alexei Guskov, a well-known surgeon, director of the Novosibirsk Institute of Circulation Pathology Alexander Karaskov, director of the Foreign Policy Research Institute and initiatives Veronika Krasheninnikova and others.