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Since the 1991 Chechen Revolution, Chechnya has had several leaders, representing both pro- and anti-Russian forces. This article lists the heads of state and government of both the nationalist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and the Russian-backed Chechen Republic, as well as the leaders of the jihadist Caucasus Emirate.
Gubash of Gukhoy, Chechen elder who was known for being anti Caucasian Imamate; Baysangur of Benoa, Chechen governor and military leader; Uma Duyev, Chechen military leader during the Russo-Caucasian War. Leader of the uprisings in Chechnya in 1860–1861 and 1877; Alexander Chechenskiy, Russian major general and participant in the Napoleonic wars
Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov [b] (born 5 October 1976) is a Russian politician and current Head of the Chechen Republic.He was formerly affiliated with the Chechen independence movement, through his father who was the separatist-appointed mufti of Chechnya.
Following the First Chechen War of 1994–1996 with Russia, Chechnya gained de facto independence as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, although de jure it remained a part of Russia. Russian federal control was restored in the Second Chechen War of 1999–2009, with Chechen politics being dominated by the former Ichkerian mufti Akhmad Kadyrov ...
May 4, 2001 - A prominent Chechnya's religious leader, Mullah Nasruddin Matuyev, was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen when he was returning home from the mosque in the village of Novye Atagi. April 18, 2001 - Car of the Russian human rights activist Victor Popkov was attacked in Chechnya by unknown
(Reuters) - The leader of Russia's Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, said early on Thursday he had met President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin and offered to send more fighters to help Moscow in ...
Two of his bodyguards, the Chairman of the Chechen State Council, a Reuters journalist, and a dozen others were also killed (a later report stated that more than 30 people had died). [13] Some 56 others were wounded, including Colonel General Valery Baranov, the commander of Russian forces in Chechnya, who lost a leg in the explosion. The bomb ...
Name (Birth–Death) Term of office Political party Took office Left office Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Chechen Okrug Soviet (1921–1923) 1: Tashtemir Eldarkhanov (1870–1934) 1921 January 1923 Communist Party: Chairman of the Chechen Revolutionary Committee (1923–1924) (1) Tashtemir Eldarkhanov (1870–1934) 2 January 1923