Aslan Maskhadov

Aslan Maskhadov
Масхадан Аслан
Maskhadov in 1999
3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
In office 12 February 1997 – 1 May 2000[a]
Vice President	Vakha Arsanov Abdul-Halim Sadulayev
Preceded by	Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (acting)
Succeeded by	Abdul-Halim Sadulayev (acting)
Prime Minister of Ichkeria
In office 16 October 1996 – 1 January 1997
Preceded by	Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
Succeeded by	Ruslan Gelayev
In office February 1997 – 1 January 1998
Preceded by	Ruslan Gelayev
Succeeded by	Shamil Basayev
In office 3 July 1998 – February 2000
Preceded by	Shamil Basayev
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	(1951-09-21)21 September 1951 Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan)
Died	8 March 2005(2005-03-08) (aged 53) Tolstoy-Yurt, Chechnya, Russia
Political party	National Independence Party
Spouse	Kusama Maskhadova
Children	2
Profession	Officer (armed forces)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Branch/service	Armed Forces of Ichkeria
Rank	Major General
Battles/wars	First Chechen War Battle of Grozny (1994–1995) Second Chechen War Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)

Aslan (Khalid) Aliyevich Maskhadov (Russian: Асла́н (Хали́д) Али́евич Масха́дов; Chechen: Масхадан Али-воӀ Аслан (Халид), romanized: Masxadan Ali-voj Aslan (Xalid); 21 September 1951 – 8 March 2005) was a Soviet and Chechen politician and military commander who served as the third president of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

He was credited by many with the Chechen victory in the First Chechen War, which allowed for the establishment of the de facto independent Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Maskhadov was elected President of Chechnya in January 1997. Following the start of the Second Chechen War in August 1999, he returned to leading the guerrilla resistance against the Russian army. De facto Ichkeria ceased to exist at the beginning of 2000. Until his death, Maskhadov was President in exile. He was killed in Tolstoy-Yurt, a village in northern Chechnya, in March 2005.^[1]

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