predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion imagesize nationality profession birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
aslan maskhadov dokka umarov 17 june 2006 20px argun , chechen-ingush assr , soviet union 20px argun , chechnya sunni islam 250px chechen politician , preacher , terrorist 2 june 1966 4th president of the chechen republic of ichkeria 9 march 2005 sadulayev.jpg abdul-halim sadulayev
 17 june 2006 sheikh abdul halim sadulayev iабдул-Хьалим Сайд-iелийн
abdul-halim sadulayev

abdul-halim salamovich sadulayev -lrb- chechen : Сайд-iелийн Абусаламин кІант iабдул-Хьалим `` sadulin abusalamin-kant abdulhalim '' , russian : Абдул-Халим Саламович Сайдулаев `` abdul-khalim salamovich saydulayev '' -rrb- -lrb- 2 june 1966 -- 17 june 2006 -rrb- was the fourth president of the chechen republic of ichkeria .
sadulayev served little more than a full year as president before being killed in a gun battle with fsb and pro-russian chechen forces .
sadulayev was the first chechen rebel leader effectively attempting to unify the islamic rebel forces outside chechnya , as he had won pledges of loyalty not only from chechen separatists , but also from islamist groups seeking the overthrow of the kremlin 's authority across the north caucasus ; this formation became known as the caucasian front .
he was also credited with persuading radical warlord shamil basayev not to carry out any major terrorist attacks since beslan .
