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Vice President of Ichkeria

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Vice President of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Coat of arms
AppointerDirect election along with the President
Formation17 April 1993
First holderZelimkhan Yandarbiyev
Final holderSupyan Abdullayev
Abolished31 October 2007

The vice president of Ichkeria was the deputy and the first successor of the President of Ichkeria, replacing the latter in case of death, temporary disability or illness.

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria is a pro-independence movement that controlled most of Chechnya from 1991 to 1999 (see First Chechen War, Second Chechen War). Ichkeria's last presidential elections were held in January 1997.

The Parliament of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria suspended the position of Vice President in November 2007 until next presidential elections.

Vice presidents of Ichkeria

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This is a list of Vice Presidents of Ichkeria.[1][2][3]

President Vice President Term of office Notes
Took office Left office
Dzhokhar Dudayev Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev 17 April 1993 21 April 1996 Position created in April 1993, succeeded to presidency
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (acting) Said-Khasanom Abumuslimov (acting) 21 April 1996 12 February 1997
Aslan Maskhadov Vakha Arsanov 12 February 1997 August 2001 Elected with Maskhadov in the 1997 presidential elections
Aslan Maskhadov Abdul-Halim Sadulayev Early 2002 8 March 2005 Succeeded to presidency
Abdul-Halim Sadulayev (acting) Dokka Umarov (acting) 2 June 2005 17 June 2006 Succeeded to presidency
Dokka Umarov (acting) Shamil Basayev (acting) 27 June 2006 10 July 2006 Basayev was killed
Dokka Umarov (acting) Supyan Abdullayev (acting) 3 March 2007 31 October 2007 Changed allegiance to Caucasian Emirate

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Akhmadov, I.; Lanskoy, M. (14 November 2010). The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost. Springer. ISBN 9780230117518. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Tishkov, Valery (14 June 2004). Chechnya: Life in a War-Torn Society. University of California Press – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Fuller, Liz (2 February 2012). "Chechen Leadership in Exile Seeks to Salvage Legitimacy". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2017-10-08.