Alu Alkhanov President

Alu Dadashevich Alkhanov (born January 20, 1957) is a Russian politician, the former president of Russia's Chechen Republic. Alkhanov is a career police officer who fought within the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces during the First Chechen War. He was elected president on August 30, 2004, under controversial circumstances. On February 15, 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Alkhanov as the Chechen President and appointed him a Deputy Justice Minister of Russia.