Mukhu Aliyev

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Mukhu Gimbatovich Aliyev (Russian: Муху́ Гимба́тович Али́ев) (born August 6, 1940) is the President of the Republic of Dagestan, a federal subject of Russia. He was born in the village of Tanusi, Khunzakhsky District, Dagestan. Ethnically he is Avar. He was the speaker of the Republic's parliament before being accepted as the President by the Dagestan parliament on February 20, 2006, having been nominated by the Russian President Vladimir Putin to replace Dagestan's long-time leader Magomedali Magomedov.