President of Ichkeria
This is a list of presidents of the unrecognised Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, a "de facto" state in Chechnya that controlled most of the former Checheno-Ingush ASSR from 1991 to 2007 ("see" First Chechen War, Second Chechen War). Ichkeria's last presidential elections were held in January 1997. Presidents in exile. Abolition of the presidency. On 31 October 2007, the separatist news agency Chechenpress reported that Dokka Umarov, the President of Ichkeria, had proclaimed the Caucasus Emirate and declared himself its Emir, thereby abolishing the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and its presidency. President of Ichkeria This