Aslan(cheriy) Kitovich Tkhakushinov (Russian: Асланчерий Китович Тхакушинов; Adyghe: ТхьакIущынэ Аслъан Кытэ ыкъор, romanized: Thak’uşınə Astlan Kıtə ıqor [tħaːkʷʼəɕəna aːsɬaːn kəta əqʷar]; born 12 July 1947) is the former Head of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, and is an ethnic Adyghe.
Tkhakushinov was born in the aul of Ulyap in Krasnogvardeysky District and graduated in 1971 from the Adyghean State Pedagogical University.
In December 2010, he issued a decree to elaborate a program to help resettling the compatriots living in diaspora, whom want to return voluntarily to the motherland.
[2][3][4] On 12 January 2017, Tkhakushinov left his post as the republics president.
Russian president Vladimir Putin, appointed Murat Kumpilov as the acting head of the Republic of Adygea.