Malik Saidullaev was born on October 5, 1964 in Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

On August 27, 2003 while working as the chairman of the Council of Directors of the Open Society Group of the company Milan he was registered by the electoral committee of the Chechen Republic as a presidential candidate.

Saidullaev commented at the briefing in Moscow: "Under the present circumstances I think the forthcoming elections to be a farce."

Following Akhmad Kadyrov's murder, Saidullaev again attempted to run for president until it was claimed that he was using a false Chechen passport.

Being denied once again, the presidency was captured by Alu Alkhanov, who was inaugurated amid tight security in October 2004 following the assassination of his predecessor.