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Murat Magometovich Zyazikov
Мурат Магометович Зязиков
2nd President of Ingushetia In office
May 23, 2002 – October 30, 2008Preceded by Ruslan Aushev Succeeded by Yunus-bek Yevkurov Personal details Born 10 September 1957
Osh, Kyrgyz SSR, RSFSR, USSRNationality Ingush Political party Non-Partisan Spouse(s) Luiza Magomedovna Zyazikova Profession Lawyer, Politician Religion Sunni Islam Murat Magometovich Zyazikov (Russian: Мура́т Магоме́тович Зя́зиков) (born September 10, 1957) is the former president of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia. He was born in what is now Kyrgyzstan. Zyazikov was a controversial politician in Ingushetia.
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Political Career
In the 1980s, Zyazikov was a member of the KGB and later the FSB. In the 1990s he became part of Ingushetia's security council and on May 23, 2002 he was elected president of the republic in the controversional circumstances. Zyazikov is considered a close ally with former Russian president and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, especially because of his province's proximity to Chechnya.
On April 6, 2004, Zyazikov was lightly wounded when a car bomb was rammed into his motorcade (he sat in an armored Mercedes W140) on the main road near the city of Nazran. Chechen rebels were blamed for that attack and a June 2004 raid in Ingushetia that killed more than 90 people.
On February 27, 2006, Zyazikov's father-in-law (and a member of provincial legislature) Magomed Chakhkiyev was kidnapped in Nazran after his car was shot at and crashed. On March 30, 2006 the kidnappers made their demands: they wanted Zyazikov and Ingushetia prosecutor general Makhmud Ali Kalimatov to resign in exchange for Chakhkiyev's release.[1] He was released by the police on May 1, 2006, apparently without any payments to the kidnappers. The kidnappers have not been arrested.[2]
On March 23, 2007 his 72-year-old uncle, Uruskhan Zyazikov, was kidnapped in Barsuki, Ingushetia by four armed men.[3] A reward of 2,000,000 rubles (approximately $77,200) for information leading to his return was announced on March 29, 2007. No demands were made by the kidnappers at that point.[4] On June 29, 2007, Zyazikov announced at a press-conference that his uncle is still alive. He didn't offer any more information about the kidnapping. The Interior Minister of Ingushetia, Beslan Khamkhoyev, resigned and was replaced by Musa Medov a day before the press conference, apparently as a fallout from the kidnapping.[5] The uncle was released by the kidnappers unharmed on October 11, 2007.[6]
Zyazikov has been accused by the government critics of corruption and inability to deal with political unrest which has plagued the Ingush republic. The opposition attribute the growing violence to popular anger fueled by alleged abductions, beatings, unlawful arrests and killings of suspects by the federal forces and local police and allied paramilitaries. Amid the increasing tensions, Zyazikov fired his government in March 2008, and called for further social and economic reforms.[7]
Personal Life
Zyazikov is married to Luiza Magomedovna Chakhieva (Russian: Луиза Магомедовна Чахкиева), an ophthalmologist and they have three sons.
Dismissal
On October 30, 2008, Murat Zyazikov was fired from his post by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev,[8] As reported by a Interfax news agency.[9]
Current Activities
As of 31 October 2008, Zyazikov is one of the few advisors to Dmitry Medvedev. Zyazikov is also the president of FC Angusht Nazran.
Controversy
After using the same aeroplane as Zyazikov, the journalist Magomed Yevloyev was arrested at the airport and was found later on dead on a street in Nazran shot in the head.
References
- ^ "Похитители тестя президента и прокурора Ингушетии потребовали от них уйти в отставку". NEWSru.com. March 30, 2006. http://newsru.com/russia/30mar2006/test.html. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
- ^ "В ходе спецоперации освобожден 72-летний тесть президента Ингушетии Мурата Зязикова". NEWSru.com. May 1, 2006. http://newsru.com/russia/01may2006/test.html. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
- ^ "В Ингушетии вновь похищен родственник президента. На этот раз дядя". NEWSru.com. March 23, 2007. http://newsru.com/russia/23mar2007/uncle.html. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
- ^ "Новости NEWSru.com :: Ингушетия объявила вознаграждение в 2 млн рублей за информацию о похищенном дяде президента". Newsru.com. http://newsru.com/russia/29mar2007/zyazikov.html. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ^ "Йюбйюг: Онухыеммши Дъдъ Опегхдемрю Хмцсьерхх Фхб". Lenta.ru. http://lenta.ru/news/2007/06/29/alive/. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ^ "Йюбйюг: Нябнанфдем Дъдъ Опегхдемрю Хмцсьерхх". Lenta.ru. http://lenta.ru/news/2007/10/11/zyazikov/. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ^ President of Russian republic of Ingushetia fires government amid growing local violence. International Herald Tribune. March 12, 2008.
- ^ "Йюбйюг: Ледбедеб Нропюбхк Б Нрярюбйс Опегхдемрю Хмцсьерхх". Lenta.ru. http://lenta.ru/news/2008/10/30/ingush/. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ^ "Зязиков больше не президент - Политика - Интерфакс". Interfax.ru. 2011-04-28. http://interfax.ru/politics/txt.asp?id=42760. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
See also
- Ruslan Aushev, the former president of Ingushetia.
- Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, incumbent president of Ingushetia.
Categories:- 1957 births
- Presidents of the Republic of Ingushetia
- Ingush people
- Living people
- Russian politicians
- Russian Sunni Muslims
- KGB officers
- People from Osh
- Attempted assassination survivors
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland recipients
- Medvedev Administration personnel
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