Dzhokhar Dudaev
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| Order: | 1st President |
| Took Office: | November 9, 1991 |
| Left Office: | April 21, 1996 |
| Predecessor: | None, inaugral |
| Successor: | Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev |
| Date of Birth: | April 15, 1944 |
| Place of Birth: | Yalkhori, Soviet Union |
| Date of Death: | February 13, 2004 |
| Place of Death: | Grozny, Chechnya |
| Political party: | none |
Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudaev (Джоха́р Муса́евич Дуда́ев, 15 April 1944 – 21 April 1996) was a Chechen leader, the first (separatist) president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, a generally unrecognized breakaway state in the Caucasus. Having risen through the ranks of the Soviet air force by officially misrepresenting his ethnicity as Ossetian to sidestep discrimination against Chechen people,
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he became a general of the Soviet army air force based in Estonia, then returned to Chechnya in 1991 as the Soviet Union disintegrated, becoming the leader of the Chechens. He was killed in 1996 by a Russian air attack—they located him via the signal from his satphone—and was succeeded by Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (as acting President) then by Aslan Maskhadov, following elections...
See also
fr:Djokhar Doudaïev nl:Dzjochar Doedajev pl:Dżochar Dudajew ru:Дудаев, Джохар Мусаевич sv:Dzjochar Dudajev