Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev

Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
Яндарбиев Зелимхан
Yandarbiyev in 2000
2nd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Acting
In office
21 April 1996  12 February 1997
Vice PresidentSaid-Khasanom Abumuslimov
Preceded byDzhokhar Dudayev
Succeeded byAslan Maskhadov
Prime Minister of Ichkeria
In office
21 April 1996  16 October 1996
Preceded byDzhokhar Dudayev
Succeeded byAslan Maskhadov
Vice President of Ichkeria
In office
17 April 1993  21 April 1996
PresidentDzokhar Dudayev
Succeeded bySaid-Khasanom Abumuslimov
Personal details
Born(1952-09-12)12 September 1952
Vydrika, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan)
Died13 February 2004(2004-02-13) (aged 51)
Doha, Qatar
Manner of deathAssassination
Political partyVDP, NCChP
SpouseMalika Yandarbiyeva
ProfessionWriter
Military service
Allegiance Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Battles/warsFirst Chechen War
Second Chechen War

Zelimkhan Abdulmuslimovich Yandarbiyev (Chechen: Яндарбиев Абдулмуслиман-кIант Зелимхан, romanized: Yandarbiev Abdulmusliman-khant Zelimxan; Russian: Зелимхан Абдулмуслимович Яндарбиев, also spelled Yandarbin; 12 September 1952 – 13 February 2004) was a Chechen writer and politician who was the second president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria between 1996 and 1997. In 2004, Yandarbiyev was assassinated while he was on a mission to obtain recognition of the Chechen Republic by Qatar.