Khas-Magomed Kadyrov

Khas-Magomed Kadyrov
Хас-Магомед Кадыров
Mayor of Grozny
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 March 2021
Preceded byIsa Khadzhimuradov
Mayor of Grozny (acting)
In office
2 March 2021 – 31 March 2021
Mayor of Argun (acting)
In office
2019 – 2 March 2021
Personal details
Born
Khas-Magomed Shakhmometovich Kadyrov

(1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 33)
Grozny, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Political partyUnited Russia[1]

Khas-Magomed Shakhmometovich Kadyrov (Russian: Хас-Магомед Шахмомедович Кадыров; born 12 January 1991), is a Russian politician of Chechen origin, who is the mayor of Grozny since 31 March 2021.

He had been the mayor of Argun from 2019 to 2021.

He is a relative of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen Republic head.

Biography

Khas-Magomed Kadyrov was born on 12 January 1991 in Grozny. He is the namesake of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and according to a number of media reports, he is in a relatively close relationship with him. According to the site "Kavkaz. Realii”, Khas-Magomed is Ramzan's fourth cousin,[2] but according to BBC, he is his second cousin. The head of the republic himself, Ramzan, on social networks calls him a younger brother.[3] Khas-Magomed's father, Shakhmomed, is the owner and general director of the largest shopping center in Berkat, in Chechnya.[4]

Kadyrov quickly made a career in the civil service. In 2012, when he was only 21 years old, he became an assistant to the mayor of Grozny, in 2015 he was appointed assistant to the head of the administration of the head and government of Chechnya, and in 2017 he was appointed head of the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Grozny. At that time, Kadyrov was just a junior lieutenant of the Russian police. The head of Chechnya presented him as "an energetic and hardworking leader", who "in his previous positions ... has proven himself only from an excellent side." (in particular, according to him, the new head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs led the operation to rescue two Russian children in Syria), as " hard-working, energetic dear brother".[5]

In 2019, Kadyrov became the mayor of the city of Argun. On 2 March 2021, on the recommendation of the head of Chechnya, he was appointed interim mayor of the Grozny (Formally, he was nominated by Magomed Daudov)[6] Already on 31 March, Kadyrov was officially appointed mayor.[7] He took part in the 2021 United Russia primaries, but took only sixth place.[8]

Personal life

In 2014, Kadyrov graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Chechen University, in 2017 he entered the correspondence department of the Faculty of Economics of the same university.[5]

Kadyrov is married, and has two children.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Кадыров Хас-Магомед Шахмомедович". Единая Россия. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  2. ^ "Администрацию главы Чечни возглавил четвероюродный брат Кадырова". Кавказ.Реалии. 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  3. ^ "Мэром Грозного стал родственник главы Чечни Хас-Магомед Кадыров". Медуза. 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  4. ^ "Кадыров назначил Кадырова: что известно о 26-летнем главе полиции Грозного". BBC. 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  5. ^ a b "Должность пришла раньше звания. Почему новое назначение в полиции Грозного вызвало споры". Коммерсант. 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  6. ^ "Врио мэра Грозного назначен молодой Кадыров. Три года назад он был главой УМВД в статусе студента". Фонтанка.ру. 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  7. ^ "Стремительная карьера 30-летнего Хас-Магомеда Кадырова продолжается. Предполагаемый родственник главы ЧР стал мэром Грозного". Фонтанка.ру. 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  8. ^ "Брат Кадырова рискует не попасть в Госдуму: он неудачно выступил на праймериз". Знак. 2021-06-01. Archived from the original on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2021-07-19.