The announcement was made today in Grozny by Chechen presidential spokesman Muslim Khuchiyev.
Ramzan Kadyrov is the son of late Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov, who died in a May 2004 bomb attack.
Unified Russia won a sweeping victory in last month's Chechen legislative polls, grabbing 33 of the bicameral parliament's 58 seats.
(ITAR-TASS/RIA-Novosti)
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