Education
Saint St. Petersburg Mining Institute.
politician Head of the Republic of Adygea
Saint St. Petersburg Mining Institute.
Sovmen is a university professor from Maykop. Before becoming President, Hazret Sovmen had been a successful businessman (with links to Russian entrepreneurs in Siberia), having started off as a bulldozer driver in a gold mine in Chukotka. Sovmen was born in the aul of Afipsip in Takhtamukaysky District of Adyghe Autonomous Oblast in the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
He did his military service in the Black Sea Fleet and graduated from the Saint St. Petersburg Mining Institute.
He started working at a gold mine in Chukota in 1961 and also worked on mines in the Krasnoyarsk Krai and Magadan Oblast. He became manager of the Polyus Mine in 1981.
During his time as president, he was the only regional head without any spouse. Sovmen was elected to the office of President on January 13, 2002 by direct suffrage.
He was faced with the challenges of leading one of a Russia"s poorest republics, officially declared bankrupt by the Government of Russia.
Sovmen was involved in political activities with the Slavic people Union, Adygeya"s principal opposition party. Russian president Vladimir Putin is believed to have supported Sovmen. On January 13, 2007 he was succeeded as Adygean President by Aslan Tkhakushinov.
Sovmen"s interests include hunting and fishing.
He is a member of the United Russia party.
