Born in October 1976, amateur boxer Ramzan Kadyrov became prime minister of Chechnya in 2005 but most analysts said he was the region's de facto leader. He was installed as president in April 2007. Kadyrov was previously head of security for his father Akhmad Kadyrov, a pro-Moscow president of Chechnya elected in 2003. Akhmad was later assassinated in a 2004 bomb attack.
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