Kazan citizens bid farewell to Aleksandr Yurtaev

On August 10 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Information and Communication Roman Shaikhutdinov, regional ministers, heads of state agencies, deputies of Tatarstan State Council, friends, colleagues, and relatives took part in a funeral meeting on the occasion of Aleksandr Yurtaev’s decease in NCC Kazan.

One of ideologists of the project “Electronic Government of the Republic of Tatarstan” and creators of the business portal TatCenter.ru, Doctor of Economics Aleksandr Yurtaev deceased on August 5 when he was 62.

More than 12 years, from 1998 to 2011, Aleksandr Yurtaev headed the Information Analytical Department at the Cabinet of Ministers and Office of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. He made a considerable contribution to informatization of public administration and implementation of the project “Electronic Government of the Republic of Tatarstan”.

The civil funeral meeting was opened by Tatarstan Minister of Information and Communication Roman Shaikhutdinov: “We are paying our last tribute to a person who did a great deal for the Republic of Tatarstan, made a considerable contribution to formation of the republic’s image, development of “Electronic Government” principles and IT industry. He was the main ideologist of “Electronic Government” concept.”