Head of the Chechen Republic

Highest-ranking official in Chechnya, Russia

Head of the Chechen Republic

Мехкада Нохчийн Республика (Chechen)
Глава Чеченской Республики (Russian)

Standard of the head of the Chechen Republic

Incumbent
Ramzan Kadyrov

since 15 February 2007

Executive Department of Chechen Republic
Style| His Excellency (formal)
Sir (informal)
Type| Head of state
Head of government
Residence| Grozny, Chechnya
Nominator| Political parties
Appointer| Popular vote
Term length| Five years; renewable optional
Constituting instrument| the Constitution
Precursor| President of Ichkeria
Formation| 5 October 2003
First holder| Akhmad Kadyrov
Website| chechnya.gov.ru

The head of the Chechen Republic or head of Chechnya (Chechen: Мехкада Нохчийн Республика, romanized: Mehkada Nohçiyn Respublika; Russian: Глава Чеченской Республики, romanized: Glava Chechenskoy Respubliki ; formerly president of the Chechen Republic or president of Chechnya until 5 March 2011) is the highest office within the political system of the Chechen Republic, as head of state and head of government of Chechnya. The office was instituted in 2003 during the course of the Second Chechen War, when the Russian federal government regained control over the region and after a constitutional referendum approved the current Constitution of the Chechen Republic.

## Eligibility

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According to the article 66 of the Constitution of the Chechen Republic, a citizen of Russia, no younger than thirty years old, may be elected Head. The term is for five years, with no limits on serving multiple terms (prior to the 2007 constitutional referendum the Head was elected for four years, with a two term limit). The Head is not allowed to be at the same time a deputy of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic, or deputy of a representative body of local self-government.

## Presidents and heads of the Chechen Republic

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No. | Portrait  | Name
(birth–death) | Term of office  | Party  | Election

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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
1 |  | Akhmad Kadyrov
(1951–2004) | 5 October 2003  | 9 May 2004
(Died in office) | 186 days  |  | Independent | 2003
— |  | Sergey Abramov
(born 1972)
acting | 9 May 2004  | 30 August 2004  | 113 days  | –
2 |  | Alu Alkhanov
(born 1957) | 30 August 2004  | 15 February 2007  | 2 years, 169 days  | 2004
3 |  | Ramzan Kadyrov
(born 1976) | 15 February 2007  | Incumbent | 18 years, 49 days  |  | United Russia | 2016
2021

The latest election for the post was held on 19 September 2021.

Candidates  | Party  | Votes  | %

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Ramzan Kadyrov | United Russia | 711,973  | 99.70
Isa Khadzhimuradov  | A Just Russia — For Truth | 1,064  | 0.15
Khalid Nakayev  | Communist Party | 835  | 0.12
Blank ballots  | 237  | 0.03
Total  | 714,109  | 100.00
Turnout  | 714,109  | 94.61
Registered voters  | 754,790  | 100.00

## Timeline

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## See also

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* List of leaders of Communist Chechnya

## Sources

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* [1] World Statesmen.org

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Heads (governors) of federal subjects of Russia

Republics|

* Adygea
* Altai
* Bashkortostan
* Buryatia
* Chechnya
* Chuvashia
* Crimea1
* Dagestan
* Donetsk1
* Ingushetia
* Kabardino-Balkaria
* Kalmykia
* Karachay-Cherkessia
* Karelia
* Khakassia
* Komi
* Lugansk1
* Mari El
* Mordovia
* North Ossetia–Alania
* Sakha
* Tatarstan
* Tuva
* Udmurtia

Krais|

* Altai
* Kamchatka
* Khabarovsk
* Krasnodar
* Krasnoyarsk
* Perm
* Primorsky
* Stavropol
* Zabaykalsky

Oblasts|

* Amur
* Arkhangelsk
* Astrakhan
* Belgorod
* Bryansk
* Chelyabinsk
* Irkutsk
* Ivanovo
* Kaliningrad
* Kaluga
* Kemerovo
* Kherson1
* Kirov
* Kostroma
* Kurgan
* Kursk
* Leningrad
* Lipetsk
* Magadan
* Moscow
* Murmansk
* Nizhny Novgorod
* Novgorod
* Novosibirsk
* Omsk
* Orenburg
* Oryol
* Penza
* Pskov
* Rostov
* Ryazan
* Sakhalin
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* Saratov
* Smolensk
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* Tambov
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* Tula
* Tver
* Tyumen
* Ulyanovsk
* Vladimir
* Volgograd
* Vologda
* Voronezh
* Yaroslavl
* Zaporozhye1

Federal cities|

* Moscow
* Saint Petersburg
* Sevastopol1

Autonomous oblast|

* Jewish

Autonomous okrugs|

* Chukotka
* Khanty-Mansi2
* Nenets3
* Yamalo-Nenets2

* 1Claimed by Ukraine and considered by most of the international community to be part of Ukraine
* 2Administratively subordinated to Tyumen Oblast
* 3Administratively subordinated to Arkhangelsk Oblast

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