Akhmad Kadyrov | |
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Ахмат Кадыров Къадири Ахьмад | |
![]() Kadyrov in 2002 | |
1st President of the Chechen Republic | |
In office 5 October 2003 – 9 May 2004 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Sergey Abramov (acting) Alu Alkhanov |
Head of the Administration of the Chechen Republic Interim office, Interim Head of State and Government | |
In office 12 June 2000[1] – 4 October 2003 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Office abolished Himself (as President) |
Mufti of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic | |
In office 1994/95–2000 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan) | 23 August 1951
Died | 9 May 2004 Grozny, Chechnya, Russia | (aged 52)
Manner of death | Assassination |
Resting place | Akhmat-Yurt |
Nationality | Russian |
Spouse | Ayman Nisievna Kadyrova |
Children | 4 (including Ramzan) |
Parent(s) | Abdulkhamid Kadyrov (father) Dika Kadyrova (mother) |
Profession | Cleric |
Awards | ![]() ![]() |
Military service | |
Allegiance |
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Battles/wars | First Chechen War Second Chechen War |
Akhmat-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov[a] (23 August 1951 – 9 May 2004) was a Russian politician and revolutionary who served as Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the 1990s during and after the First Chechen War. At the outbreak of the Second Chechen War he switched sides, offering his service to the Russian government, and later became the President of the Chechen Republic from 5 October 2003, having acted as head of administration since July 2000.
On 9 May 2004, he was assassinated by Chechen Islamists in Grozny, by a bomb blast during a Victory Day memorial parade. His son, Ramzan Kadyrov, who led his father's militia, became his successor in March 2007 as the President of the Chechen Republic.
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