1978, Engineer, Saby District Association of Selkhoztekhnika. 1980,Senior Engineer and Chief Power Engineer, Saby timber industry enterprise. 1983, Deputy Chairman of the District Consumer Society Board. 1985, Chairman of the District Consumer Society Board in the Arsk District. 1990, Chairman of the Arsk District Executive Committee. 1992, First Deputy Head of the Arsk District Administration. 1993, Head of the Vysokaya Gora District. 1996, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Tatarstan. 1998, Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan. Since 1998, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tatneft. Since 2010, President of the Republic of Tatarstan.