Dukuvakha Bashtayevich Abdurakhmanov (; March 14, 1956 â June 29, 2015) was a Russian politician of Chechen descent. He was Chairman of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic from 2005 to 2015.
He was born in Karaganda. In 1974, he graduated from secondary school in the village of Dzhalka, Gudermes District. He graduated from the Chechen-Ingush State University with a degree in history teaching, as well as from the Chechen-Ingush Pedagogical Institute. He served in the Soviet Army in Mongolia. He worked as head of the Dzhalka village council, the Gudermes city executive committee, the administration of Gudermes, and as deputy head of the administration of Argun.
Since 2001, he served as Minister of Agriculture of Chechnya and Deputy Prime Minister of the government. In 2005, during local elections to the PeopleâÂÂs Assembly, he headed the list of the United Russia party.
On 12 December 2005, he became Chairman of the PeopleâÂÂs Assembly (the lower house of parliament) of the Chechen Republic. On 24 January 2006, he was appointed Chairman of the parliamentary commission for tracing abducted and missing citizens of the republic.
On 30 October 2008, he was elected Chairman of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic of the 2nd convocation. On 26 September 2013, he became Chairman of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic of the 3rd convocation.
Between 2008 and 2009, he also served as Chairman of the Union of Writers of the Chechen Republic.
He was married and had two children.
He died on 29 June 2015 after a serious illness. In connection with his death, a three-day mourning period was declared in Chechnya. On 30 June 2015, he was buried in the village of Dzhalka, Gudermes District.