Magomedali Magomedov Магомедали Магомедович Магомедов |
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Magomedov in 2000 (left)
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1st President of Dagestan | |
In office 26 July 1994 – 20 February 2006 |
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Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Mukhu Aliyev |
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Born |
Levashi, Dagestan ASSR, RSFSR, USSR |
15 June 1930
Nationality | Dargin |
Political party |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (???-1991) |
Spouse(s) | Zulgizhat Magomedova |
Children | 6 |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Awards |
Magomedali Magomedovich Magomedov (Russian: Магомедали Магомедович Магомедов) was chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Dagestan from 1987 to 2006.
He was born on 15 June 1930, in Levashi, Levashinsky district, Republic of Dagestan.
He graduated from the Dagestan Teachers Institute in 1952, and in 1968 from the Dagestan Institute of Agriculture.
He became chairman of the Council of State in 1987 under the Soviet system, and was one of the few leaders to keep his post in the post-Soviet Russian Federation. On 26 July 1994, he was elected Chairman of the State Council of Dagestan. On 26 June 1998, he was re-elected to the same post, and on 25 June 2002, again for the third time. He resigned on 19 February 2006, for unclear reasons, and was replaced two days later by Mukhu Aliyev. He is married and he has six children. He is also the father of Magomedsalam Magomedov, who served as president of Dagestan from 2010 to 2013.