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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Russian businessman and politician, 1st President of Kalmykia

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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

Russian public figure (born 1962)

Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov is a Russian oligarch, administrator and politician. He was President of the Republic of Kalmykia in the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2010, and was president of FIDE, the chess international governing body, from 1995 to 2018. He has also been…
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Head of the Republic of Kalmykia

Highest-ranking official in Kalmykia, Russia

The Head of Kalmykia is an elected official who serves as the head of state of Kalmykia. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, three people have served as Heads of the Republic.
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