Sholban Kara-ool
Sholban Valeryevich Kara-ool is a Tuvan politician and the current Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Tuva.Biography
Kara-ool was born into an ethnic Tuvan family on July 18, 1966 in the village Choduraa Ulug-Khem district of Tuva ASSR, and has spent most of his life in Tuva. He spent several years as a sports instructor, eventually taking up engineering.Kara-ool is married, and has three children. In addition to his native Tuvan, he is fluent in Russian and German.
