Alimsultan Alkhamatov

Alimsultan Alkhamatov (c. 1965 – 27 September 2009) was a Russian politician and official from Dagestan. He was an ethnic Kumyk.^[1]

Alimsultan Alkhamatov
Born	c. 1965
Died	27 September 2009 (aged 44) Moscow
Nationality	Russian

Career

Alkhamatov was named acting Khasavyurt district head in 2005.^[1] His term lasted until 27 September 2009 when he was killed in Moscow.^[2]

Assassination

Alkhamatov went to Moscow to be with his 19-year-old son, who was undergoing another operation for injuries due to a car accident.^[1] He was shot and killed in southwest Moscow on 27 September 2009.^{[citation needed]} The attack also left his driver seriously wounded.^[3] His assassination follows a string of high-profile killings in Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia in 2009.^[3]

Alkhamatov, who was 44 years old, was reportedly the target of three prior assassination attempts.^[3] Because of these, he had three armed bodyguards and armored Mercedes while in Moscow, but the security measures to protect him ultimately failed.^[1] The first assassination attempt against him occurred at the beginning of 2005, shortly after the then Dagestani President Magomedali Magomedov appointed him acting Khasavyurt district head.^[1]