- 1964
- Born June 1, 1964, in Levashi village, Levashi District of Daghestan.
- 1986, 2000
- Graduated from Daghestan State University in 1986 with a degree in labour economics, and in 2000, with a degree in legal studies.
- 1986–1987
- Research internship at the department of labour economics at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in Moscow.
- 1987–1990
- Postgraduate studies at the labour economics department at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in Moscow.
- 1991–2001
- Professor, senior professor, associate professor at the department of economics and sociology, Daghestan State University.
- Since 2001
- Since 2001 until present: working part-time as head of the department of economics and sociology at Daghestan State University.
- 1998–2006
- Head of Daghestan Government working group on developing Daghestan’s section of the continental shelf of the Caspian Sea.
- 2006–2007
- Chairman of the People’s Assembly of the Republic of Daghestan.
- 2007–2010
- Deputy of the People’s Assembly of the Republic of Daghestan on a volunteer basis.
- Was elected deputy of the People’s Assembly of the Republic of Daghestan of the second, third and fourth convocations.
- 2010–2013
- President of the Republic of Daghestan.
- January 28, 2013
- Appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office.
- 2012
- Awarded the Order of Honour.
- 2019
- Awarded the Order of Service to the Fatherland, IV degree.
- Married, has two sons and a daughter.