Sholban Kara-ool

Sholban Kara-ool
Шолбан Кара-оол
Official portrait, 2009
Vice Chairman of the State Duma
Assumed office
12 October 2021
ChairmanVyacheslav Volodin
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Assumed office
12 October 2021
2nd Head of the Republic of Tuva
In office
6 April 2007  7 April 2021
Preceded bySherig-ool Oorzhak
Succeeded byVladislav Khovalyg
Chairman of the Great Khural of Tuva
In office
30 June 1998  13 June 2002
Preceded byKaadyr-ool Bicheldey
Succeeded by
  • Vasily Oyun (Legislative House)
  • Dandyr-ool Oorzhak (House of Representatives)
Member of the Federation Council from the Republic of Tuva
ex-officio as Chairman of the Great Khural
In office
9 July 1998  24 December 2001
Preceded byKaadyr-ool Bicheldey
Succeeded byChamyr Udumbara
Personal details
Born (1966-07-18) 18 July 1966
Choduraa, Ulug-Khemsky District, Tuvan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
Children3
EducationUral State University
OccupationEngineer
Awards

Sholban Valeryevich Kara-ool (Tuvan: Шолбан Валерий оглу Кара-оол, romanized: Şolban Valeriy oglu Kara-ôl, Russian: Шолба́н Вале́рьевич Кара-о́ол; born 18 July 1966) is a Russian politician of Tuvan ethnic origins. He was the Head of the Republic of Tuva, a Russian republic, from 2007 to 2021.