President of Ichkeria

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This is a list of Presidents of the unrecognised Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, a separatist movement that controlled most of Chechnya from 1991 to 1999 (see First Chechen War, Second Chechen War). Ichkeria's last de facto Presidential elections were held in 1997.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Dzhokhar Dudaev	November 9, 1991	April 21, 1996	All-National Congress of the Chechen People
2	Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev	April 21, 1996	February 12, 1997	Vainakh Democratic Party
3	Aslan Maskhadov	February, 1997	March 8, 2005	no party
4	Sheikh Abdul Halim	March 8, 2005	June 17, 2006	no party
5	Doku Umarov	June 17, 2006	present	no party

There are no former Chechen Presidents still living. Three were assassinated in office, one after his term.