Doku Zavgayev

Doku Zavgayev
Doku Zavgayev
Завгаев Доку
	Zavgayev in 2013
Head of the Chechen Republic
	In office; 24 October 1995 – March 1996
Preceded by	Salambek Khadzhiyev
Succeeded by	Sanaki Arbiyev
First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR
	In office; 1 July 1989 – 6 September 1991
Preceded by	Vladimir Foteyev
Succeeded by	Position abolished; (Dzhokhar Dudayev as President of Ichkeria)
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR
	In office; March 1990 – 6 September 1991
First Secretary	Himself
Preceded by	Khazhbikar Bokov
Succeeded by	Lecha Magomedov
Personal details
Born	22 December 1940; Beno-Yurt, Checheno-Ingush ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Chechnya, Russia)
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (until 1991)
	Other offices 1996–2004: Russian ambassador to Tanzania ; 2004–2009: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ; 2009–2019: Russian ambassador to Slovenia ;

Doku Gapurovich Zavgayev (Russian: Доку Гапурович Завгаев; Chechen: Завгаев Доку; born 22 December 1940) is a Soviet and Russian diplomat and politician from Chechnya. He was the leader of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR.