Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev

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Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
Яндарбиев Зелимхан
Yandarbiyev in 2000
2nd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Acting
In office 21 April 1996 – 12 February 1997
Vice President	Said-Khasanom Abumuslimov
Preceded by	Dzhokhar Dudayev
Succeeded by	Aslan Maskhadov
Prime Minister of Ichkeria
In office 21 April 1996 – 16 October 1996
Preceded by	Dzhokhar Dudayev
Succeeded by	Aslan Maskhadov
Vice President of Ichkeria
In office 17 April 1993 – 21 April 1996
President	Dzokhar Dudayev
Succeeded by	Said-Khasanom Abumuslimov
Personal details
Born	(1952-09-12)12 September 1952 Vydrika, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan)
Died	13 February 2004(2004-02-13) (aged 51) Doha, Qatar
Manner of death	Assassination
Political party	VDP, NCChP
Spouse	Malika Yandarbiyeva
Profession	Writer
Military service
Allegiance	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Battles/wars	First Chechen War Second Chechen War

Zelimkhan Abdulmuslimovich Yandarbiyev (Chechen: Яндарбиев Абдулмуслиман-кIант Зелимхан, romanized: Yandarbiev Abdulmusliman-khant Zelimxan; Russian: Зелимхан Абдулмуслимович Яндарбиев, also spelled Yandarbin; 12 September 1952 – 13 February 2004) was a Chechen writer and politician who was the second president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria between 1996 and 1997. In 2004, Yandarbiyev was assassinated while he was on a mission to obtain recognition of the Chechen Republic by Qatar.