Editing Aslan Maskhadov (section)

{{short description|Chechen politician and military commander}}

{{Family name hatnote|Aliyevich|Maskhadov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Aslan Maskhadov
| native_name         = {{nobold|Масхадан Аслан}}
| native_name_lang    = ce
| image               = Aslan Maskhadov.jpg
| caption             = Maskhadov in 1999
| imagesize           = 225px
| order               = 3rd [[President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]
| term_start          = 12 February 1997
| term_end            = 1 May 2000{{efn|Chechnya defeated in the [[Second Chechen War]]}}
| predecessor         = [[Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev]] (acting)
| successor           = [[Abdul-Halim Sadulayev]] (acting)
| vicepresident       = [[Vakha Arsanov]]<br/>[[Abdul-Halim Sadulayev]]
| office1             = [[Prime Minister of Ichkeria]]
| successor1          = [[Ruslan Gelayev]]
| predecessor1        = [[Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev]]
| term_end1           = 1 January 1997
| term_start1         = 16 October 1996
| term_start2         = February 1997
| term_end2           = 1 January 1998
| successor2          = [[Shamil Basayev]]
| predecessor2        = [[Ruslan Gelayev]]
| term_start3         = 3 July 1998
| term_end3           = February 2000
| successor3          = ''Office abolished''
| predecessor3        = [[Shamil Basayev]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1951|9|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Karaganda]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] <small>{{nowrap|(now Kazakhstan)}}</small>
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2005|3|8|1951|9|21|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Tolstoy-Yurt]], [[Chechnya]], Russia
| spouse              = Kusama Maskhadova
| children            = 2
| party               = [[National Independence Party (Chechnya)|National Independence Party]]
| profession          = [[Officer (armed forces)]]
| signature           = Aslan Maskhadov’s signature.svg
| allegiance          = {{plainlist|
* {{flag|Soviet Union}}
* {{flag|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}}
}}
| branch              = {{armed forces|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria|name=Armed Forces of Ichkeria}}
| rank                = [[Major General]]
| battles             = 
{{tree list}}
* [[First Chechen War]]
** [[Battle of Grozny (1994–1995)|First Battle of Grozny]]
* [[Second Chechen War]]
** [[Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)|Battle of Grozny]]
{{tree list/end}}
}}
'''Aslan (Khalid) Aliyevich Maskhadov''' ({{langx|ru|Асла́н (Хали́д) Али́евич Масха́дов}}; {{langx|ce|Масхадан Али-воӀ Аслан (Халид)|Masxadan Ali-voj Aslan (Xalid)}}; 21 September 1951 – 8 March 2005) was a Soviet and Chechen politician and military commander who was the third president of the unrecognized [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]].

He was credited by many with the Chechen victory in the [[First Chechen War]], which allowed for the establishment of the ''de facto'' independent Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Maskhadov was elected [[President of Ichkeria|President]] of Chechnya in January 1997. Following the start of the [[Second Chechen War]] in August 1999, he returned to leading the [[guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] [[Resistance movement|resistance]] against the Russian army. De facto Ichkeria ceased to exist at the beginning of 2000. Until his death, Maskhadov was President in exile. He was killed in [[Tolstoy-Yurt]], a village in northern Chechnya, in March 2005.<ref name="Сын Масхадова">[http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/newstext/news/id/926840.html Сын Масхадова опровергает официальную версию гибели лидера сепаратистов Чечни] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218205113/http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/newstext/news/id/926840.html |date=18 February 2009 }} // Кавказ Мемо.Ру</ref>