Akhmad Kadyrov (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Hajji Akhmad Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov (Russian: Ahmat Abdulhamidovich Kadyrov) (August 23, 1951- May 9, 2004), also spelled Akhmat, was the Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the 1990s during and after the First Chechen War. At the outbreak of the Second Chechen War he switched sides, offering his service to the Russian government, and later became the President of the Chechen Republic from October 5, 2003, acting as head of administration since July 2000.