Salambek Khadzhiyev
Salambek Khadzhiev | |
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Саламбек Хаджиев | |
Khadzhiyev in 2017 | |
| 1st Chairman of the Government of National Revival of the Chechen Republic | |
| In office 16 January 1995 – 23 October 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Doku Zavgayev |
| 2nd Minister of the Chemical and Oil Refining Industry of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 9 April 1991 – 28 August 1991 | |
| Appointed by | Valentin Pavlov |
| Preceded by | Nikolay Vasilievich Lemaev |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 January 1941 Shali, Checheno-Ingush ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Chechnya, Russia) |
| Died | 2 March 2018 (aged 77) Israel |
| Alma mater | Grozny State Oil Technical University |
| Profession | Petrochemist |
Salambek Naibovich Khadzhiyev (Russian: Саламбе́к Наи́бович Хаджи́ев; 7 January 1941 – 2 March 2018) was a Soviet-Russian Chechen petrochemist, businessman and politician who was the first Chairman of the Government of National Revival of the Chechen Republic. He specialized in the production of low-pour, high-density petroleum fuels transformations of hydrocarbons on zeolite that contain catalysts. He was also the first and only Chechen to hold a ministerial position in the Soviet Union. In 1991, he headed the Ministry of Chemical and Petrochemical Industry of the USSR. During the First Chechen War in 1995 he was the chairman of the Government of the National Revival of Chechnya.