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Alu Alkhanov | |
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Алу Алханов | |
2nd President of the Chechen Republic | |
In office 30 August 2004 – 15 February 2007 | |
Preceded by | Sergey Abramov (acting) Akhmad Kadyrov |
Succeeded by | Ramzan Kadyrov |
Personal details | |
Born | Taldykorgan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 20 January 1957
Political party | Independent |
Awards | Order of Merit for the Fatherland |
Alu Dadashevich Alkhanov (‹See Tfd›Russian: Алу Дадашевич Алханов; born 20 January 1957) is a Russian politician and the former president of Russia's Chechen Republic. He is a career police officer who fought within the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces during the First Chechen War. He was elected as president on 30 August 2004. On 15 February 2007, Russian president Vladimir Putin dismissed Alkhanov as Chechen president and appointed him a Deputy Justice Minister of Russia.