Gazprom has elected Shamil Sharipov as Director General of Gazprom Transgaz Ufa.

Shamil Sharipov was born in 1959 in the Bashkir ASSR. In 1980 he graduated from Ufa Petroleum Institute and holds a PhD in Economics.

Between 1983 and 1990 – Service Engineer, Engineering Group Chief, Deputy Head of the Tchaikovsky Line Pipe Operation Center at Gazprom's subsidiary Permtransgaz.

Between 1994 and 2012 – Deputy Head of the Capital Construction Division, Deputy Director General for Repair and Capital Construction at Gazprom Transgaz Tchaikovsky (former Permtransgaz).

Sergey Pashin, the former head of Gazprom Transgaz Ufa, was relieved of his post due to retirement.