Abdul-Halim Sadulayev
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| Abdul-Halim Sadulayev | |
President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (acting)
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| In office March 9, 2005 – June 17, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Aslan Maskhadov (2000) |
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| Succeeded by | Dokka Umarov |
| Born | June 2, 1966 Argun, Checheno-Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | June 17, 2006 (aged 40) Argun, Chechnya, Russia |
Abdul-Halim Sadulayev (June 2, 1966 - June 17, 2006) was a Chechen politician who served as President of Ichkeria from 2005 until 2006.
Sadulayev's framed the Chechen struggle contained elements of both nationalism and Islamism.[1]
Killed on June 17, 2006, by agents of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and Kadyrovite soldiers — militia units founded by first Chechen Republic president Akhmad Kadyrov, one day later, Sadulayev was succeeded by the vice president and guerrilla leader Dokka Umarov, widely known as "Russia's Osama bin Laden," who continued armed attacks on Russia and its Chechen allies until February 2012.[2]