Claim: Ramzan Kadyrov heads the Chechen Republic.
Evidence: Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov -LRB- -LSB- Рамза́н Ахма́тович Кады́ров , p = rɐˈmzan ɐxˈmadəvʲɪtɕ kɐˈdɨrəf -RSB- , Къадар Ахьмат-кIант Рамзан , Q̇adar Aẋmat-khant Ramzan born 5 October 1976 -RRB- is the Head of the Chechen Republic and a former member of the Chechen independence movement.
The Head of the Chechen Republic -LRB- formerly President of the Chechen Republic or President of Chechnya -RRB- is the highest office within the Political system of the Chechen Republic.