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1997 January 27, 2010,
Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov, the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation held the first presidential election after the end of the war, 407,700 voters participated in the vote. On February 1, the Chechen Central Election Commission announced the final results, the former Prime Minister of the coalition government of Chechnya Aslan Maskhadov won 59.3 percent of the vote, was elected as the President of the Chechen Republic.
Maskhadov ethnic Chechens, aged 48, graduated from the Leningrad Military Academy in 1981. In the Soviet artillery units in service for many years, was the rank of colonel. Retired after the 1992 return to Chechnya to follow Dudayev, was appointed chief of staff of the Chechen rebels. In August 1996, he represented the Chechen Republic with the representatives of the Russian Federation, Lebed, a former Russian Security Council Secretary, held a series of negotiations and the signing of the peace agreement in Chechnya. Before the general election of October 1996 to January 1997, Maskhadov appointed Prime Minister of the Chechen coalition government, is a military and political power in one of the most influential people. (History TodayOnHistory.com)