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Aslan Maskhadov

1951 - 2005

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Aslan (Khalid) Aliyevich Maskhadov (Russian: Асла́н (Хали́д) Али́евич Масха́дов; Chechen: Масхадан Али-воӀ Аслан (Халид), romanized: Masxadan Ali-voj Aslan (Xalid); 21 September 1951 – 8 March 2005) was a Soviet and Chechen politician and military commander who was the third president of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. He was credited by many with the Chechen victory in the First Chechen War, which allowed for the establishment of the de facto independent Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Maskhadov was elected President of Chechnya in January 1997. Following the start of the Second Chechen War in August 1999, he returned to leading the guerrilla resistance against the Russian army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aslan Maskhadov is the 2,588th most popular politician (down from 2,080th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (up from 11th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Kazakhstani Politician.

Aslan Maskhadov was the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, a breakaway region of Russia. He was elected president in 1997, and remained in office until his death in 2005.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Aslan Maskhadov ranks 2,588 out of 19,576Before him are Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Stamford Raffles, Karl Radek, Necmettin Erbakan, Polyxena, and Daniel of Galicia. After him are Damdin Sükhbaatar, Kaidu, Leopold V, Duke of Austria, Traian Băsescu, Dagobert III, and Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Aslan Maskhadov ranks 32Before him are Michel Barnier, Bertie Ahern, Paul Breitner, Juan Manuel Santos, Win Myint, and Jill Biden. After him are Traian Băsescu, Dražen Dalipagić, François Bayrou, Jane Seymour, Hilda Heine, and Mark Hamill. Among people deceased in 2005, Aslan Maskhadov ranks 28Before him are Anne Bancroft, Jack Kilby, Joseph Rotblat, Ernst Mayr, Zdzisław Beksiński, and Ezer Weizman. After him are Ed McBain, Pat Morita, Henry Taube, Lucien Laurent, Milton Obote, and Maria Schell.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Aslan Maskhadov ranks 10 out of 193Before him are Ahmad Yasawi (1103), Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (1953), Muhammad Shaybani (1451), Lavr Kornilov (1870), Akhmad Kadyrov (1951), and Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1946). After him are Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845), Edigu (1352), Tughlugh Timur (1329), Ablai Khan (1711), Wladimir Klitschko (1976), and Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (1952).

Among POLITICIANS In Kazakhstan

Among politicians born in Kazakhstan, Aslan Maskhadov ranks 8Before him are Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940), Seljuk (902), Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (1953), Muhammad Shaybani (1451), Akhmad Kadyrov (1951), and Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1946). After him are Edigu (1352), Tughlugh Timur (1329), Ablai Khan (1711), Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (1952), Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912), and Alu Alkhanov (1957).