Akhmad Kadyrov
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| Biography | |
| Names | Akhmat Kadyrov Akhmad-Khadji Kadyrov |
| Profession | Politician |
| Birth | August 23 1951 Karaganda |
| Sex, nationality | male, Chechen |
| Achievements | |
| Achievements | Chechen Mufti Chechen President |
Akhmat Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov (Russian: Ахмат Абдулхамидович Кадыров, August 23, 1951 - May 9, 2004) was the president of the Chechen Republic (elected on October 5, 2003 for 4 years). He was assassinated on the 9th of May 2005 in Grozny stadium by a landmine bomb blast under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade.
Born in Karaganda, in the Kazakh SSR, his family returned to the Centorojj village, Shalinskijj rajjon in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR in April 1957. Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, he became a leader of breakaway Chechnya, but later defected from the separatist cause and became a staunchly pro-Moscow president of the Republic.
- 1968 - finished Bachijurt school.
- 1968 - took a course in combine harvester driving in the Kalinovskaja stanica, Nauskijj rajjon.
- 1969-1971 - worked in "Novogroznenskijj" sovkhoz, Gudermeskijj rajjon.
- 1971-1980 - worked in building companies in Nechernozem'e and Siberia.
- 1980 - entered Bukhar Miri-Arab Madrasah.
- 1982-1986 - continued studying in the Tashkent High Islam University.
- 1986-1988 - worked as deputy imam of the Gudermes cathedral masjid.
- 1989-1990 - founded a first in North Caucasia Islamic Institute in the Kurchalojj village and was its rector.
- 1990 - entered sheriat faculty of Amman Islamic University.
- 1991 - returned to the motherland, breaking studying.
- 1993 - designated as deputy mufti, in September, 1994 as acting mufti of the Chechen Republic.
- 1995 - elected mufti of the Chechen Republic.
- June, 2000 - designated as head of the Chechen Republic government.
- 2001 г. - awarded by Order of Friendship.
- October 5 2003 - elected as president of Chechen Republic.
- May 9 2005 - an explosion ripped through VIP seating at a stadium during a victory day parade in the Chechnyan capital Grozny, killing President Kadyrov and numerous others.
As of 14 September, 2001 he had 4 children and 13 grandchildren.