Vice President of Ichkeria

Vice President of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Coat of arms
Appointer	Direct election along with the President
Formation	17 April 1993
First holder	Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
Final holder	Supyan Abdullayev
Abolished	31 October 2007

The vice president of Ichkeria was the deputy and the first successor of the President of Ichkeria, replacing the latter in case of death, temporary disability or illness.

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria is a pro-independence movement that controlled most of Chechnya from 1991 to 1999 (see First Chechen War, Second Chechen War). Ichkeria's last presidential elections were held in January 1997.

The Parliament of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria suspended the position of Vice President in November 2007 until next presidential elections.

Vice presidents of Ichkeria

This is a list of Vice Presidents of Ichkeria. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

President	Vice President	Term of office		Notes
		Took office	Left office
Dzhokhar Dudayev	Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev	17 April 1993	21 April 1996	Position created in April 1993, succeeded to presidency
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (acting)	Said-Khasanom Abumuslimov (acting)	21 April 1996	12 February 1997
Aslan Maskhadov	Vakha Arsanov	12 February 1997	August 2001	Elected with Maskhadov in the 1997 presidential elections
Aslan Maskhadov	Abdul-Halim Sadulayev	Early 2002	8 March 2005	Succeeded to presidency
Abdul-Halim Sadulayev (acting)	Dokka Umarov (acting)	2 June 2005	17 June 2006	Succeeded to presidency
Dokka Umarov (acting)	Shamil Basayev (acting)	27 June 2006	10 July 2006	Basayev was killed
Dokka Umarov (acting)	Supyan Abdullayev (acting)	3 March 2007	31 October 2007	Changed allegiance to Caucasian Emirate

See also

• President of Ichkeria
• Politics of Chechnya

References

1. Akhmadov, I.; Lanskoy, M. (14 November 2010). The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost. Springer. ISBN   9780230117518. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017 – via Google Books.
2. Tishkov, Valery (14 June 2004). Chechnya: Life in a War-Torn Society . University of California Press – via Internet Archive.
3. Fuller, Liz (2 February 2012). "Chechen Leadership in Exile Seeks to Salvage Legitimacy". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2017-10-08.