Background
Ravil Safiullin was born in a Tatar family.
Vice-President Minister of Youth
Ravil Safiullin was born in a Tatar family.
At 23 he finished the medical institute in Donetsk as a doctor-hygienist, epidemiologist.
Prior to his ministerial position, Safiullin was the president of Professional Football League of Ukraine in 2000-2008. He is still the Honorary President of PFL Ukraine. From 1977 to 1993 he worked at medical service.
From 1994 to 2000 he worked the vice-president of Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk.
In 2000 he was elected as the president of Professional Football League of Ukraine. Safiullin was people"s deputy of IV, V and VI convocations of Verkhovna Rada for Party of Regions.
Safiullin is a former Minister of Family, Youth and Sport (in Ukraine). From March until December 2010 when he was dismissed by Ukraine"s President Viktor Yanukovych.
On 28 February 2013 President Yanukovych reorganized the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports and the State Service for Youth and Sports, creating a Ministry of Education and the (new) Ministry of Youth and Sports.
Safiullin was awarded the ministership of this new institution. Safiullin did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.