In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Gapurovich and the family name is Zavgayev.
This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Doku Zavgayev" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(January 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Doku Zavgayev
Завгаев Доку
Zavgayev in 2013
Head of the Chechen Republic
In office 24 October 1995 – March 1996[1]
Preceded by
Salambek Khadzhiyev
Succeeded by
Sanaki Arbiyev
First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR
In office 1 July 1989 – 6 September 1991
Preceded by
Vladimir Foteyev [ru]
Succeeded by
Position abolished (Dzhokhar Dudayev as President of Ichkeria)
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR
In office March 1990 – 6 September 1991
First Secretary
Himself
Preceded by
Khazhbikar Bokov [ru]
Succeeded by
Lecha Magomedov
Personal details
Born
(1940-12-22) 22 December 1940 (age 83) Beno-Yurt [ru], Checheno-Ingush ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Chechnya, Russia)
Political party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (until 1991)
Other offices
1996–2004: Russian ambassador to Tanzania
2004–2009: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2009–2019: Russian ambassador to Slovenia
Doku Gapurovich Zavgayev (Russian: Доку Гапурович Завгаев; Chechen: Завгаев Доку; born 22 December 1940) is a Soviet and Russian diplomat and politician from Chechnya. He was the leader of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR.
^"Хроника вооруженного конфликта. 1995. Октябрь" [Chronicle of a military conflict: October 1995]. Memorial (society) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
Doku Gapurovich Zavgayev (Russian: Доку Гапурович Завгаев; Chechen: Завгаев Доку; born 22 December 1940) is a Soviet and Russian diplomat and politician...
against the local Soviet Chechen leadership of DokuZavgayev. The chain of events led to the collapse of Zavgayev's authority and assumption of power by the...
Self-Government). Zavgayev had also served as a Member of the Federation Council of Chechnya on executive authority. He is the brother of DokuZavgayev, a Chechen...
the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic). In August 1991, DokuZavgayev, the Communist leader of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, did not publicly condemn...
[citation needed] During the Chechen Revolution, the Soviet Chechen leader DokuZavgayev was overthrown and Dzhokhar Dudayev seized power. On 1 November 1991...
Ruslan Khasbulatov, Speaker of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet, 1991–1993 DokuZavgayev, Russian ambassador to Slovenia Alu Alkhanov, Russian politician, former...
the window by the separatists, and then finished off in the hospital. DokuZavgayev resigned from the post of chairman of the Supreme Council of Checheno-Ingushetia...
media in Chechnya were controlled by the Moscow-installed government of DokuZavgayev. Nadezhda Chaikova Anna Politkovskaya ANOTHER JOURNALIST KILLED IN CHECHNYA...
leader DokuZavgayev from power in Checheno-Ingushetia. The leadership of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic also supported removing Doku Zavgayev...
ruler of Checheno-Ingushetia – DokuZavgayev. While this was first embraced by Chechen nationalist movements, Zavgayev turned out to be extremely corrupt...
legitimate authority in the region. Checheno-Ingush First Secretary DokuZavgayev, who had supported the 1991 Coup (GKChP), was overthrown on September...
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR (1990–1991) 13 DokuZavgayev (born 1940) March 1990 15 September 1991 Communist Party Chairmen of...
with natural gas on April 13, 2018, the Russian Ambassador to Slovenia DokuZavgayev publicly offered support to DeSUS. This was seen as a diplomatic scandal...
1995 – 23 October 1995 Preceded by Position established Succeeded by DokuZavgayev 2nd Minister of the Chemical and Oil Refining Industry of the Soviet...
Foreign Affairs In office 23 September 2009 – 6 April 2012 Preceded by DokuZavgayev Succeeded by Sergey Mareyev Ambassador of Russia to Slovenia In office...
Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 2008-07-05. "Russian MFA Director General DokuZavgayev Receives Tanzanian Ambassador to Moscow Patrick Chokala" (Press release)...
- Administrative head of the Nadterechny District, Akhmad Zavgayev (brother of DokuZavgayev), was killed as unknown gunmen opened fire his car in his...
Vasily Zaplitny Василий Заплитный New 1938 Alive 1962 Ukrainian Male DokuZavgayev Доку Завгаев New 1940 Alive 1966 Chechen Male Anatoly Zelenovsky Анатолий...
chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia Ruslan Khasbulatov, considered Zavgayev's only real rival. For these reasons, on December 9, Khasbulatov withdrew...
control agency) in Kabardino-Balkaria. The Duma deputy from Chechnya Akhmar Zavgayev also blamed international terrorists for the attack. Former Guantanamo...
Global Information
