Dzhokar Dudayev
| Dzhokhar Dudayev | |
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| Dudin Musa-khant Dƶoxar Дудин Муса-кӀант Джохар |
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| 1st President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | |
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In office 9 November 1991 – 21 April 1996 |
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| Vice President | Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev |
| Succeeded by | Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev Дудин Муса-кIант Жовхар 15 February 1944 Yalkhori, Chechen-Ingush ASSR |
| Died | 21 April 1996 (aged 52) Chechnya |
| Nationality | Chechen |
| Political party | CPSU (1968), NCChP (1990) |
| Spouse(s) | Alla Dudaeva |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Military aviator |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union Republic of Ichkeria
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| Service/branch |
Soviet Air Force Armed forces of Ichkeria |
| Years of service | 1962–1990 1991–1996 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands |
326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (1987–1991) All (supreme commander, 1991–1996) |
| Battles/wars |
Soviet war in Afghanistan First Chechen War |
Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev (Chechen: Dudin Musa-khant Dƶoxar, Дудин Муса-кӀант Джохар;Russian: Джоха́р Муса́евич Дуда́ев 
pronunciation ; 15 February 1944 – 21 April 1996) was a Soviet Air Force general and Chechen leader, the first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, a breakaway state in the North Caucasus.
Dudayev was born in Yalkhoroy in the abolished Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), just days before the forced deportation of his family together with the entire Chechen and Ingush population on the orders of Joseph Stalin. His family was of the Yalhoroy Teip. He was the thirteenth youngest child of veterinarian Musa and Rabiat Dudayev. He spent the first 13 years of his life in internal exile in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. His family was only able to return to Chechnya in 1957. Following the 1957 repatriation of the Chechens and Ingush, he studied at evening school in Checheno-Ingushetia and qualified as an electrician. In 1962, after two years studying electronics in Vladikavkaz, he entered the Tambov Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots from which he graduated in 1966. Dudayev joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1968 and in 1971–1974 studied at the prestigious Gagarin Air Force Academy. He married Alla, a Russian poet and the daughter of a Soviet officer with whom he had three children (a daughter and two sons).
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