Ravil Mingazov

Ravil Kamilevich Mingazov (; born December 5, 1967) is a citizen of Russia who was held in extrajudicial detention for almost fifteen years in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. The Department of Defense reports that Mingazov was born on December 5, 1967, in Ust-Bolsheretskiy, Russia.

Ravil Mingazov arrived at Guantanamo on October 28, 2002, and was held at Guantanamo for .

Mingazov, an ethnic Tatar, was a ballet dancer, before he joined the Soviet army.

Ravil Mingazov was listed as one of the captives who "The military alleges ... are associated with Al Qaeda." Ravil’s assessment was nine pages and recommended continued detention under DoD Control. It was signed by camp commandant Mark H. Buzby.

Guantanamo Joint Task Force Review On January 20, 2009, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama issued several Presidential Executive Orders related to the Guantanamo detention center – which he had promised to close during his presidential campaign. Those Executive Orders set up a Guantanamo Review Task Force, intended to replace OARDEC. In October 2013, Freedom of Information Act requests submitted by Carol Rosenberg and her colleagues at the Miami Herald triggered the publication of a list of "final dispositions". According to that list Ravil Mingazov should be "referred for prosecution".

Repatriation discussions Russian officials are scheduled to travel to Guantanamo on January 17, 2014, to meet with Mingazov. According to the Moscow Times, visiting Russian officials had been turned away in April 2013, because Mingazov had declined to meet with them.

Asylum in the United Kingdom On November 6, 2015, The Guardian reported that Mingazov's teenage son and his former wife now live in the United Kingdom, and that his family had filed an asylum application on his behalf.