List of leaders of Communist Chechnya

The following is a list of leaders of Communist Chechnya, encompassing leaders of the Chechen Autonomous Oblast (the Chechen AO), the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast (the Chechen-Ingush AO), the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (the Chechen-Ingush ASSR) and the Grozny Oblast.

Leaders of Communist Chechnya
Coat of arms of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR
Appointer	Politburo, Central Committee or any party apparatus and by electoral vote
Formation	1921/July 1938
First holder	Tashtemir Eldarkhanov [ru] (as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Chechen Okrug Soviet) Supyan Mollayev [ru] (as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars)
Final holder	Akhmed Arsanov [ru] (as Representative of President of Russia) Sergey Bekov [ru] (as Chairman of the Council of Ministers)
Abolished	13/22 November 1991

It lists heads of state, heads of government and heads of the local branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

During its existence, Communist Chechnya was a part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (the Russian SFSR).

Heads of state

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
			Took office	Left office
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Chechen Okrug Soviet (1921–1923)
1		Tashtemir Eldarkhanov [ru] (1870–1934)	1921	January 1923	Communist Party
Chairman of the Chechen Revolutionary Committee (1923–1924)
(1)		Tashtemir Eldarkhanov [ru] (1870–1934)	2 January 1923	29 July 1924	Communist Party
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Chechen AO (1924–1925)
(1)		Tashtemir Eldarkhanov [ru] (1870–1934)	August 1924	27 September 1925	Communist Party
Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Regional Council of the Chechen AO/Chechen-Ingush AO/Chechen-Ingush ASSR (1926–1938)
2		Daud Arsanukayev [ru] (1890–1937)	1926	1930	Communist Party
3		Khan Ramazan Mamayev	1930	September 1931
4		Magomed Khasiyevich Omarov [ru] (1902–af.1957)	January 1932	1934
5		Ali Gorchkhanov [ru] (1898–1954)	12 January 1934	September 1937
6		Yusuf Tambiyev [ru] (1906–1944)	November 1937	July 1938
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR (1938–1944)
(6)		Yusuf Tambiyev [ru] (1906–1944)	July 1938	March 1944	Communist Party
Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Grozny Oblast Soviet (1944–1957)
7		Ivan Starchak [ru] (1902–1985)	March 1944	December 1949	Communist Party
8		Georgiy Kovalenko [ru] (1909–1991)	December 1949	January 1957
Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR (1957–1958)
9		Muslim Gayrbekov [ru] (1913–1971)	9 January 1957	15 April 1958	Communist Party
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR (1958–1990)
10		Ilyas Almazov [ru] (1899–1970)	16 April 1958	1971	Communist Party
11		Kureysh Ozdoyev	1971	28 August 1973
12		Khazhbikar Bokov [ru] (1935–2023)	28 August 1973	March 1990
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR (1990–1991)
13		Doku Zavgayev (born 1940)	March 1990	15 September 1991	Communist Party
Chairmen of the Provisional Supreme Soviet of the Checheno-Ingush Republic (1991)
14		Lecha Magomadov (1938–2005)	15 September 1991	17 September 1991	Independent
15		Khuseyn Akhmadov [ru] (born 1950)	17 September 1991	5 October 1991
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the All-National Congress of the Chechen People (1991)
16		Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944–1996)	5 October 1991	9 November 1991	Independent
Chairman of the Provisional Supreme Soviet of the Checheno-Ingush Republic (1991)
17		Bagauddin Bakhmadov (born 1949)[1]	7 October 1991	2 November 1991	Independent
Representative of President of Russia (1991)
18		Akhmed Arsanov [ru] (1933–2021)[1]	24 October 1991	13 November 1991	Independent

Heads of government

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
			Took office	Left office
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1938–1944)
1		Supyan Mollayev [ru] (1900–1973)	July 1938	March 1944	Communist Party
Post abolished (March 1944 – 9 January 1957)
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1958–1991)
2		Muslim Gayrbekov [ru] (1911–1971)	15 April 1958	20 June 1971	Communist Party
Post vacant (20 June 1971 – 1 July 1971)
3		Ramazan Vakhayev [ru] (1920–?)	1 July 1971	June 1976	Communist Party
4		Musa Karimov [ru] (born 1938)	June 1976	1990
5		Sergey Bekov [ru] (born 1939)	1990	22 November 1991

Heads of party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
			Took office	Left office
Responsible Secretaries of the Organizing Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for the Chechen AO (1922–1927)
1		Tashtemir Eldarkhanov [ru] (1870–1934)	November 1922	1923	Communist Party
2		N. S. Aznarashvili	1923	December 1923
3		Magomed Eneyev [ru] (1897–1928)	December 1923	September 1925
4		Efrem Eshba (1893–1939)	January 1926	1927
Responsible Secretaries of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for the Chechen AO (1927–1932)
(4)		Efrem Eshba (1893–1939)	1927	August 1927	Communist Party
5		Gurgen Bulat [ru] (1900–1949)	August 1927	1929
6		Solomon Khasman (1886–1954)	1929	1930
7		Georgiy Karib (Tovmasyan) (1896–1938)	1930	1932
8		Magomed Khasiyevich Omarov [ru] (1902–af.1957)	1932	1932
First Secretaries of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for the Chechen AO (1932–1933)
(8)		Magomed Khasiyevich Omarov [ru] (1902–af.1957)	1932	1932	Communist Party
9		Georgiy Makharadze [ru] (1898–1938)	1932	29 November 1933
Chairman of the Organizing Bureau of the North Caucasian Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for the Chechen-Ingush AO (1933–1934)
(9)		Georgiy Makharadze [ru] (1898–1938)	29 November 1933	1934	Communist Party
First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for Checheno-Ingush AO (1934–1936)
(9)		Georgiy Makharadze [ru] (1898–1938)	1934	1934	Communist Party
10		Vasiliy Yegorov [ru] (1899–1950)	1934	12 May 1936
First Secretaries of the Chechen-Ingush Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1936–1940)
(10)		Vasiliy Yegorov [ru] (1899–1950)	12 May 1936	10 October 1937	Communist Party
11		Fyodor Bykov [ru] (1901–1980)	10 October 1937	May 1940
12		Viktor Ivanov [ru] (1903–1969)	May 1940	March 1944
First Secretaries of the Grozny Oblast Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1956)
13		Pyotr Cheplakov [ru] (1906–1985)	March 1944	September 1949	Communist Party
14		Ivan Zhegalin [ru] (1906–1984)	September 1949	December 1955
15		Aleksandr Yakovlev [ru] (1911–1989)	December 1955	24 November 1956
First Secretaries of the Checheno-Ingush National Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1956–1991)
(15)		Aleksandr Yakovlev [ru] (1911–1989)	24 November 1956	January 1959	Communist Party
16		Aleksandr Trofimov [ru] (1903–1980)	January 1959	September 1963
17		Fyodor Titov [ru] (1910–1989)	September 1963	11 January 1966
18		Semyon Apryatkin [ru] (1911–1977)	11 January 1966	July 1975
19		Aleksandr Vlasov (1932–2002)	July 1975	31 July 1984
20		Vladimir Foteyev [ru] (born 1935)	31 July 1984	1 July 1989
21		Doku Zavgayev (born 1940)	1 July 1989	August 1991

See also

• List of leaders of Chechnya (1991–present)
• Head of the Chechen Republic
• History of Chechnya
• Chechen Autonomous Oblast
• Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast
• Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
  • 1940–1944 insurgency in Chechnya
  • 1944 deportation of Chechens and Ingushes
• Grozny Oblast