Akhmar Zavgayev

Akhmar Zavgayev
Ахмар Завгаев
Member of the State Duma
In office
7 December 2003 – 2011
Russian Federation Senator
from the Chechen Republic
In office
24 October 2000 – 7 December 2003
Succeeded byUmar Dzhabrailov
Personal details
BornAkhmar Gapurovich Zavgayev
(1947-12-20) 20 December 1947
PartyUnited Russia

Akhmar Gapurovich Zavgayev (Russian: Ахмар Гапурович Завгаев; born 20 December 1947), is a Russian politician who served as a member of the State Duma of the fourth and fifth convocations.

He is a member of the United Russia faction. He was a member of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes (formerly a member of the Committee on Economic Policy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism, a member of the Commission on the Problems of the North Caucasus, a member of the Committee on Local Self-Government).

Zavgayev had also served as a Member of the Federation Council of Chechnya on executive authority.

He is the brother of Doku Zavgayev, a Chechen party functionary during the Soviet period.